1. What is your earliest recollection of watching a television commercial? Do you have a favorite ad? A most despised ad? What is it about these ads that you particularly like or dislike?
I do not remember the first ad that I watched but I do remember always liking the rice crispy commercial about the cereal talking to you. I do not enjoy eating the cereal and the commercial did not make me enjoy it, so I am not sure that the commercial helped the industry. I really like any commercial that advertise's organizations that are helping people and spreading the word about a disease or health issue. But ads like the playdoh ad that has children making ice cream desserts made out of playdoh. I do not like this ad because it looks like something you can eat, but playdoh is not good for you. But ads that advertise organizations that are helping people make me smile.
2. Why are so many people critical of advertising?
I think people are critical of advertising because it is important to have, but sometimes there needs to be a line drawn. It is not a need, that we have everything advertised especially things that are not healthy. It is not important to advertise about drugs or gangs. People need to be more critical of advertising to make sure that things do not get pushed out to far. It is important that industries selling products can sell them, so that we keep companies in America making things so their are jobs available but it also needs to be not a must. I think commercials should portray less of degrading oneself and more of seeing the inter beauty. It is important to society that we are the best and do good things, but we need to remember that people growing up need to know that it is okay to be different and okay to not be like the standard person.
4. Should advertising aimed at children be regulated? Support your response.
I think advertising aimed at children she be limited to when it is showed on television and during what shows it is televised during. Because it is really annoying to be watching a show and when commercials come on it is advertising things that I am not interested in watching or buying. Children do not need everything and they do not need to be watching television to find what they think they need. I think it is unhealthy for children to spend time watching television long enough to find something that they "need" on a commercial and then know exactly where their parents can get it for them and how much it is going to cost.
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