Dumb Ways To Die Advertising

No matter where children are or what they are doing they’ll always find some sort of advertisements. It can be when their casually watching television, reading a magazine or just playing games on their computer. Advertisements are different forms of communication whose purpose is to make their product known to the public. Marketers aren’t partial to certain people; they target anyone and every age group, but recently there has been an upsurge of advertisements aimed towards children. In Eric Schlosser’s article, Kid Kustomers, he demonstrates how child advertising has boomed by the tactics marketers use to get children to want and demand certain companies’ products.

Advertisements are everywhere. They are a major part of modern day society. Whether it be a television commercial, an internet banner, or a billboard, advertisements influence people of all ages, but they affect a certain age group much more than others. Children ranging from toddlers to teenagers are exposed to thousands upon thousands of advertisements each year. Some of these advertisements are damaging to children, while others are a positive influence. Advertisements can either be used as a tool or a weapon. Food advertisements and manipulation strategies are both positive and negative, and how companies use them decides whether or not marketing to children is ethical.

The advertisement that was chosen for this project covers that of gun issues, especially with the increase of school shootings over the years. Right off the bat with the advertisement come at full force with the message it wants to spread and the change it wants to bring. On the left side there is a young boy holding a Kinder egg; which is banned in the US as a hazardous toy. Whereas on the right there is a small girl who is holding a rifle of sorts. Both children hold a steady and grim gazes as they stare at the viewer; it is meant to be in a way unsettling and putting off because we never want to see children in any sort of harm's way.

Advertisers use a variety of appeals to convince the viewer’s to buy certain products or bring a topic to the awareness of the viewer. The anti-child abuse announcement that San Francisco Human Services Agency released is no different. A public service announcement is designed to publicize a problem the nation is facing. Advertisements can appeal to the audience through a variety of elements such as images and speech. In this advertisement pathos and ethos are represented through the sounds and visual content while logos is presented through the statistics given at the end of the advertisement. With this advertisement it is also important to consider the

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company’s Super Bowl advertisement, “#makesafehappen” released on February 1st, 2015, has received negative attention because of its morbid yet practical depiction of a young boy who has passed away due to a “preventable accident” before experiencing the life in which a teen or young adult would otherwise. The advertisement also uses the death of a young child to appeal to parents; especially the mothers, largely using pathos to raise awareness of deadly accidents which could otherwise be preventable. Logos and ethos, although weak in this advertisement, also raises awareness on preventing avoidable accidents.

One ad that came to my mind was an ad about distrated driving. The audience for this ad was amined for families and new families who just had kids of there own. The tone I would describe as depressing because it is asking the people who are in the car what if it was there kid they were hitting. I do think that this was an effective peice and it gave off the message they wanted.

Today I was asked to write my opinion on two contrasting statements about children and advertisment. My opinion is simply all for it with the tought of if it isn't broken why fix it. T his essay will touch on these three points of the economic impact, the effects on our children, and how the advertising industry has changed. I hope you enjoy.

Marketing to children is not a new phenomenon; however, there have been many ethical debates on its rightness; is advertising to children a gentle persuasion of the innocent or a sinister threat to our society? There’s too much as stake if we remain silent and simply assume that marketing companies have our children’s best interests at heart; the truth is they don’t. This paper will explore to implications of marketing to children and the overall effects it has on our society. I will argue that advertising to children is a social problem. In the first part of my paper I will discuss why advertising to children is ethically wrong, I will then discuss what has changed; this will be followed by a discussion as to why it is a social problem and finally, I will conclude my paper by discussing what should be done to change it. Please note this paper is written in the first person as I have children and I have a vested interest in this topic.

The quote, “You have to crawl before you can walk,” is overshadowed by today’s societal standards. People must learn the basics before they move forward however society tells a different story. It says you must learn quickly or you will be left behind. This type of attitude can also be associated with teaching babies and toddlers. Parents now-a-days are focused on educating their babies or children at a young age to make them smarter than everyone else’s child. They want their children to learn quickly, so they will be ready for our modern, technological world. Many advertisements target parents like these, however, there are other advertisements that redirect a parent’s focus back to their child and not what society craves. One ad in particular

The advert seeks to influence people to be aware of their surroundings and prevent possible

The intentions of the ‘Dumb Way To Die’ is to save more lives each year and protect people from the dangers of trains. The advertisement I made is trying to make people less oblivious and more aware of what’s going on. Both of these ads uses persuasive techniques that help the audience understand the aim and the main point. As a matter of fact, sixteen thousand people per year die from getting ran over by trains. Not to mention, over one hundred thousand people per year suffer severe injuries from making erroneous decisions around trains. Both these ads clearly aim to increase public awareness and engagement with rail

For example, in the third scene, the son seems to have lost control while riding his bicycle and is heading toward a parked truck. Before he crashes into the truck, he calls for his father. His father comes running from behind the truck and saves him just before he crashes. In the fifth scene, the boy is playing catch. The boy is so focused on catching the football that he doesn’t realize that the grill is behind him. His father quickly drops the prepared food in his hand and saves the son from running into the grill. This pattern of constantly being in danger and being saved from danger, continues throughout the ad, however we start to realize how unrealistic each scene becomes. First, although some parents are able to save their child from trouble, they aren’t consistently present each time their child is in danger. It’s almost impossible to be present or available in these so called “child-disaster” moments. Lastly, in each scene (except for the last scene), the background people don’t offer any aid to the son nor do they react to him almost hurting himself. This is unrealistic because if someone is in the way of danger or has fallen and injured their self, people would react. They may not necessarily run to help, but they might react through hand gestures or facial expressions. Because this ad makes

In this ad it show that kids go through dangerous thing and dangerous obstacles. There is so much danger when kids cross the street. Kids have to check both way before crossing the street and sometime that may bot even be enough safety for a kid to cross the street. Someone may come around a corner really fast and not realize that students are crossing the street It would only take a matter of seconds for kids to get hit by a car. It really can affect a kids life. Most people these days do not care about the stop sign on the bus. They only car about themselves, and can only pay attention to the thing that they want to pay attention to thing such as phone, or the fact that they do not want to wait for kids to

Both phrases are denotationally persuasive, letting parent know that following what is said in the ad will lead to happy children and good parent-child relationships. The way to achieve this is by reading the information, but also buying concert tickets and supporting the band. As well, near the bottom of the advertisement, the tag line "We All Make a Difference" appears under the Budweiser logo. By adding this in, parents can also be persuaded to enjoy the beer responsibly as the company projects itself through this advertisement as one that is concerned for the health and safety of children. In all these ways, the linguistic messages of the advertisement go well beyond promoting the cause, but also promote the celebrity endorsers, and in this case, the product which the advertisement is deterring children from.

The dumb ways to die epitomizes the ramifications of effective campaigning. The advertising campaign made by Metro trains was given voice by the advertising organization McCann, to strike emotional responsiveness around train safety in Melbourne. An array of facets incorporated by the marketing team have propelled the campaign to immense esteem and crucial acclaim thus it has reaped viral eminence. The campaign's principle was not designed to generate brand awareness, but instead it answers as a "public service announcement campaign to promote rail safety" Steering away from the trite and safe formulas, McCann taps into the right emotions for their audience in a profound way. By revamping the customary safety message, it alters any preconceived ideas of safety subsequently striking public interest. This little viral juggernaut capitalizes on the role of various marketing strategies such as the power of positivity, communication channels, emotional appeal and humour whilst educating its audience on railway safety. These intrinsic characteristics make dumb ways to die a propeller for social change and educates its audience on effective campaigning.