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Quote by: brien I agree that advertising is powerful. Your post seems to assume that people mostly get their adverstising from the TV Maybe so. If this is true, then perhaps the control lies with the remote.
In the print media, one usually scans. In the radio medium, one now has satellite alternative.
So there are ways to insulate oneself from the power of advertising. Myself, I use Consumer reports and referrals. I consider advertisng for what it is; a shameless self promotion not in my best interest. |
Advertising that targets adults is bad, but it's nowhere near as sinister or as effective as advertising that targets children.
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Campaign For A Commercial-Free Childhood"
• Children see about 40,000 advertisements a year on TV alone, a figure that does not include product placement.5
• Children see advertisements on the Internet, at the movies, on school buses, in their classrooms and cafeterias.
• Almost every major media program for children has a line of licensed merchandise used to sell fast-food, breakfast cereals, snacks and candy.
• Many toys, such as Coca-Cola Barbie and McDonald’s Play-Doh are actually
advertisements for junk food.
• In their effort to establish cradle-to-grave brand loyalty, marketers even target babies through licensed toys and accessories featuring media characters.
• Until the age of about 8 children do not understand advertising’s persuasive intent.
• Very young children can’t distinguish between commercials and program content; even older children sometimes fail to recognize product placement as advertising.
• Marketers often use older children’s desire to fit in with their peers and tendency to rebel against authority figures as selling points for their products. A recent Pepsi ad celebrated teens who had been arrested for downloading music illegally.
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