Controversial Televison Advertisement

Controversial Television Advertising

Everywhere we go today we see some type of advertising, it could be in the supermarket, on a billboard, on the side of a bus, in the t.v, and even on the radio. Most of this advertising are targeting children and teenagers and currently most of this advertisement are very controversial. Everyday, we are bombarded with images within popular culture- advertising, in the television and these images try to sell us something--whether it is clothes, cars, or happiness. Television and other media represent one of the most important and under recognized influences on children and adolescents' health and behavior in the today.

Their impact should be eliciting serious concern, not just from parents and educators but from physicians, public health advocates, and politicians as well . Although objections to various programming and advertising practices can exist on common sense, philosophical and increasing numbers of studies document shows that a serious problem do exists. In a census conducted in 2000 it was reported that an average American child watches about 20,00 commercial every year that is 55 commercials every day, (www.bgsu.edu retrieved 5/7/2006) this advertising today are very controversial and marketers choose children because they can easily lure children.

Main points:

Television advertising and children.

Effect on children

Effect on the society

In conclusion even though television advertising are meant to help the manufacturer get their product out to the public some of the commercial aim at children sometimes ends up to negatively affect the children and there by causing controversy in the society.

Everyday, we are bombarded with images within popular culture- advertising, in the television and these images try to sell us something--whether it is clothes, cars, or happiness.

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Everyday, we are bombarded with images within popular- advertising, in television and these images try to sell us somethin

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