The following is taken from a memo from the advertising director of the Super Screen Movie Production Company."According to a recent report from our marketing department, during the past year, fewer people attended Super Screen-produced movies than in any

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The following is taken from a memo from the advertising director of the Super Screen Movie Production Company.

"According to a recent report from our marketing department, during the past year, fewer people attended Super Screen-produced movies than in any other year. And yet the percentage of positive reviews by movie reviewers about specific Super Screen movies actually increased during the past year. Clearly, the contents of these reviews are not reaching enough of our prospective viewers. Thus, the problem lies not with the quality of our movies but with the public's lack of awareness that movies of good quality are available. Super Screen should therefore allocate a greater share of its budget next year to reaching the public through advertising."

Write a response in which you discuss what questions would need to be answered in order to decide whether the recommendation and the argument on which it is based are reasonable. Be sure to explain how the answers to these questions would help to evaluate the recommendation.

The memo indicates that the customers of Super Screen-produced movies reached the lowest point last year, while the positive viewer inclined. The author concludes that customers are not aware of the high quality of Super Screen movies, so Super Screen movies should advertise more to gain customers. However, there are some questions rendering the argument a little unconvincing.

First of all, the writer mentions that last year was the worst sale year in any other years. Nevertheless, there is no evidence that could demonstrate the viewers who already watched Super Screen-produced movies in previous years do not know the quality. In other words, the viewers who watched the Super Screen-produced movies in previous years already comprehend the quality, but did not all come to see Super Screen-produced movies again in the last year. Therefore, the answer of why the viewers did not watch the Super Screen-produced movies in last years should be investigated. The writer should provide the real reasons that cause the loss of viewers who already comprehended the quality.

Secondly, the author contends that the positive viewers became more in the last year. Nonetheless, the author does not touch on the reason why the viewers rated the Super Screen-produced movies positively. It is possible that they rated it high for the awesome service in the theaters. Thus, the good rate might cause from other factors, but not because their superb quality. The author needs to offer the detailed survey of accurate causes that why viewers recognize Super Screen-produced movies great.

Finally, the argument cites the decrease of the customers and the increase of positive viewers. Notwithstanding, the author does not afford the exact percentage of the loss and the increment. For instance, if the percentage is not large, such as 0.1 percent or even less of the loss or the increment, the argument is not persuasive. Only if the number of the loss of consumers and the increment of positive views are large enough, they could be indicators. If both of them are small, then the investigation might be meaningless. Hence, the writer should support the exact numbers of the loss and the increment.

To sum up, with the lack of the above information, the recommendation is plausible and should not be accepted. The writer should provide more information to answer the questions above to bolster the argument.

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argument 1 -- not OK

argument 2 -- not OK

argument 3 -- not OK
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Let's analyze the structure of the statement and argue accordingly:

condition 1:
According to a recent report from our marketing department, during the past year, fewer people attended Super Screen-produced movies than in any other year. And yet the percentage of positive reviews by movie reviewers about specific Super Screen movies actually increased during the past year. //suppose there are positive reviews for two movies, while there are normal reviews for other eight movies, then the percentage of positive reviews could be high compared to the past year, but totally, there could be fewer people attending Super Screen-produced movies.

condition 2:
Clearly, the contents of these reviews are not reaching enough of our prospective viewers. Thus, the problem lies not with the quality of our movies but with the public's lack of awareness that movies of good quality are available. //maybe people know the movies, but people may watch online or rent DVD.

conclusion:
Super Screen should therefore allocate a greater share of its budget next year to reaching the public through advertising. //maybe the strategy will not guarantee the success.

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