Icon Analysis

The three contemporary icons I have chosen are Peanuts, Microsoft, and Sony.  I chose these icons because they are something that is recognizable by everyone and has had a significant effect on pop culture. 

Everyone knows what Peanuts is even if you don’t think you do. The Peanuts I’m referring to is the characters from the comic strip including Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and the rest of the Peanuts gang. Peanuts is the most popular comic strip and the holiday TV specials are just as recognizable. Microsoft, my next chosen icon, is very recognizable too. The technology age has grown over the past 20 years and Microsoft’s Windows is one of the most well-known products. Sony is my other icon. Sony is the maker of several types of technologies. From TVs to computers to stereos, Sony is a well-known product by many.

 

The Peanuts comic strips are something I have always enjoyed reading from a young age. My mother was also a fan so it was something we both had in common and could talk about. I grew up in the country with no cable TV with little cartoons or kid programming to watch. To have a Peanuts special come on during the week was often a treat to sit and watch. Microsoft has been around in my life for several years as well. From the time I had my first computer around 15 years old, Microsoft has been a software product that has been on my computer ever since. I kind of feel I have grown with Microsoft from early versions of Microsoft DOS, up to the now Windows 7. Sony is a brand I often thought I wanted in my teenage years. Sony often represented quality and value. While I don’t often feel that way so much now as an adult, Sony still represents quality and value and offer a large variety of consumer electronics.