This 30 second television advertisement depicts a family (parents and the children) going about their ‘germy’ business, picking up frogs and raw chicken and such. It then provides the audience with a few facts on how soap pumps harbour bacteria. It then goes on to suggest that this is bad for us (although it does not acknowledge the fact that said bacteria will be killed and washed away once said soap comes into contact with the hand which is already covered in bacteria).
The advert appeals to the second stage of Maslow’s hierarchy – safety and the need to protect ourselves and our families health. The advertisers have in a way created a problem which did not exist (if one is to wash their hands then those hands are likely to be covered in bacteria already and whats more the soap will kill the bacteria anyway), but they are suggesting to the consumer that by buying this product you can protect your families health and wellbeing by reducing (minimally) their exposure to bacteria.