An Offensive Ad Displaying A Child As A Sexual Object

one were to compare olden day greek mythology to this modern day world, one would find that lots of people fit the mold of a tragic hero.Mariah Carey sadly fits this mold the best. If one’s to compare her life story to the many ancient greek tragic hero characters one would see that her story follows the path of a tragic hero. She has most of the traits of a tragic hero, from high birth, journey,character flaw, hubris, to her downfall that is seen on the media today.

My first idea was to use my film camera to photograph a young girl as if I were stalking her throughout the day, then take the film and put it on a light table for the audience to view the photos through a magnifying loop. I really enjoyed the intimacy the viewers would get from being so close to the small photographs on a lit table, and the idea also really put the audience in the perspective of the pedophile. Then I realized a ginormous fault in my plan. I was encouraging pedophilia just as much as the ad was without even realizing it. I needed the girl to gain power throughout the photo series and overcome the traumatic experience. To do this, I thought of having her see the pedophile

Sexual imagery has become a trend in the business of advertisement, which has become extremely efficient. Tom Reichert in “The Prevalence of Sexual Imagery in Ads Target to Young Adults,” states in his journal, “To determine if advertisers use sexual imagery to appeal to youth, 2,863 ads in magazines read by young and mature adults were compared. Results indicate that ads targeted to young adults were 65% more likely to contain provocatively dressed models and 128% more likely to contain sexual behavior than those for mature adults. In the ads young adults, female models were 3.7 times more likely to be portrayed sexually than were male models. The findings suggest that advertisers use sexual imagery, primarily by means of female modes, to appeal to young audiences.”

Men are the clear target of the marketing of trucks. This direct marketing is beginning at an age much younger than ever before. Eric Schlosser writes how advertising aimed towards children has changed and grown to include, “…phone companies, oil companies and automobile companies…” (1) and as young boys grow Schlosser points out that “During the course of a year, he [or she] watches more than thirty thousand TV commercials.” (4) Masculine images throughout childhood has an impact on what is considered normal in the eyes of the typical consumer of a truck. According to MarketingSchools.org, “…truck ads speak directly to the experience of being a workingman. They appeal to any man that has wanted to get his hands dirty, flee the city,

Objectifying the human body has become normal in popular culture, and adults are not the only ones suffering psychological issues, like eating disorders, because of it. With so many mediums, an attempt to block sexualized content from children becomes difficult. “Sexualize” is not to be confused with “sexual” or “sexuality”. Merriam Webster defines the term as, “to make sexual; endow with a sexual character or quality.” An appalling fact is that the more unscrupulous an advertisement is, the better, and advertisers have moved on from naked adult bodies in ads, to naked children. Advertisements in malls, mannequins wearing thongs and panties, video games with big breasted and scantily clad women, television shows, movies, commercials, the list is vexingly long. Sex sells, and the use of shocking imagery has always made companies stand out negatively, particularly when it involves sexualizing children.

Should advertisements targeting children be banned in the United States, no it shouldn't. We're still being advertise where ever we go, whether its school, the internet, bill boards. It's up to the parents to teach their children, teens what's from right to wrong.

It’s been a common practice of American society to shame sexual promiscuity while simultaneously using sex and sexual innuendos to sell everything from music to shampoo. When big companies use this ad tactic it surprises people and angeries the feminists of the internet; even though it’s been a practice since ads started targeting more than one demographic. Why are women’s panties so sexualized? If you think about it, they’re just a piece of cotton-spandex cloth with some lace or a bow. Advertisers have taken this sexualization and ran with it and it plays into the beauty myth, “During the past decade, women breached the power structure… eating disorder [cases] rose exponentially and cosmetic surgery became the fastest growing medical specialty…

Some of the red flags in this advertisement are promise of stress reduction in less than thirty minutes (30mins) that is too good to be true, testimonials and anecdotes from paid actors, get a free one month supply, and a disclaimer, “Individual results may vary”, on the bottom of the screen. All of these red flags are signs of misinformation about Nutrition Supplement Serenex.

Our goverment shouldn't ban ads effecting children. Without these ads, they would never learn how to become effective consumers. Children need to be taught to see ads for what they really are, attempts to sell a product. Teachers and arentshould be activly involved in doing so, because ads are a very important part of our economy. Sure they aren't all that good, but it's what makes companies money. Show ads instead that promote healthy eating, or playing outside with friends with the toy they are selling. Not ones that show candy, or a kids stuck inside playing video games. Young minds are easily influenced and see more than a thousand ads a year. Make a positive impact. Ads shouldn't be banned becasue businesses will begin to fail. Instead,

Everyone is manipulated by bureaucratic censorship. Ever since access to new types of media and unregulated usage of the internet became a common press outlet, governments have been working to suppress the amount of information a citizen can find. In China alone, there are about 2 million people working to censor and monitor online activity. Citizens can adopt a bias based off the government’s propaganda promoting untrue or ‘sketchy’ information. The lack of information, or specific pieces of information, can tarnish the trust between a society and its residents. Finally, the citizen cannot think for himself, instead he is told what to think. Censorship weakens society by ruining relationships between man and government, omitting key

Advertisements targeting children should be banned in the United States. Children do not understand that companies will do anything to make money. Companies do not care if they are making kids fat or selling then cheap toys. As long as they are making their money then they are happy. That is not right or fair to parents. Children do not have jobs. Therefore parents are responsible for buying their kids what they need and want. When a child views these advertisements all they see is the pictures that come with it. Companies spend a lot of time creating advertisements that will lure young children into wanting whatever it is they are advertising. Children are to young to relize that not everything is what it seems to be. I understand that a businesses

“Sex sells,” is a popular marketing adage which to some may be vulgar, and to others it may be appealing, but are sexually charged images enough to make an advertisement campaign successful? In December 2009, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) partnered with Joanna Krupa to make a semi-nude advertisement campaign entitled ‘Angles for Animals’. The advertisement had the aim of encouraging consumers to adopt their pet instead of buying (Joanna Krupa). While the PETA advertisement is successful in capturing people’s attention, it fails to target the correct audience. By targeting the wrong audience PETA has made a critical error which may affect how people respond to the advertisement’s call to action.

In our propaganda project we incorporated many effective techniques. Two of which are testimonial and loaded or emotional words. We had a celebrity endorsement from the great and powerful Mrs. Chen. We used specific wording and phrases to inflict fear upon the readers. These types of propaganda have proven to be effective in the past. Celebrity testimonials usually appeal to younger audiences, while fear and disgust can be effective for people of all ages. Mrs. Chen said, “Eyes are said to be the key to your soul...who wants someone looking in your soul?” This should confuse people just enough so that it makes some sense. For the fear aspect of our propaganda, we say that eye-contact is impolite, can spread disease, can worsen your eyesight,

Therefore there are many reasons why teacher who are involve in teaching children with ADS should have a specific skills in teaching them with different types of strategies that would be useful in the future. Teaching a child with ADS would be different than teaching a child with normal ability as it said that the cognitive brain development of a child that suffers from ADS is slower compared to a normal child with normal brain capability and understanding. According to one of the researcher in the journal that I have chosen, Simpson (2005) said that he warns that professionals’ and caregivers’ reliance on untested methods and dependence on strategies that have limited evidence have resulted in unrealistic and unreasonable expectations for students and have hindered the potential progress of students with ASD. In some of the situation, some of them out of their own awareness, they might be out of their social cues and interaction.

There is a high rate of adolescent suicide with the cause being undetermined. The purpose of this paper is to determine if there is a correlation between stress and adolescent suicide. Stress is a state of mental or emotional tension resulting from demanding circumstance; it can affect an individual’s body and mind, which can eventually lead to a mental breakdown. Literature review and qualitative research was the method use to formulate this paper. Based on the results, it is determined that stress- although significant, is not the primary cause of suicide. Furthermore, with diagnosis and proper treatment suicide can be prevented.