Teens On TV

This class has made me feel nostalgic because everything in the text so far reminds me of that era and time period, when I was 13-14 freshman year of high school. That being said the thing that drew me into the text was the statement that was made by the first article by Ben Aslinger, that the music was in fact programmed to make the audience buy the CD and buy the clothes from the show. I distinctly remember buying Paula Cole's album and loving the theme to Dawson's Creek. And the characters being older than I was brought an awakening to me to be exposed to more teen issues, being that at that time I was not aware of anything that was really going on in the show meaning sexually. But another fact was that having the music videos playing at the end of the program and also having the "American Eagle" commercial introduced, the branding that the author of the article mentioned as well. I never heard of "American Eagle" until "Joey and Dawson " were wearing it. That different preppy light summer style was never something that a girl from Queens circa 1999 would ever wear. Paula Cole would never be music that I would ever listen to unless I had the influence from the show. That being said I completely agree with the statements that the authors did say because I am a product of exactly what kind of branding and marketing they wanted (lol).