Should We Have Ads In School

In today’s market driven society children can’t escape ads and their marketers, even their schools are filled with the advertiser’s products distracting the youth from learning.

Will Rogers once said, “Advertising is the art of convincing people to spend money they don’t have for something they don’t need.” Targeting youth by advertisements happens in all forms and advertising companies are the only ones getting the profit from it. Advertising affects the life of youths lives in many negative ways because it has skyrocketed health risks, lowers self-esteem and increases money spent by youth.

Advertising is not only used to sell products, it also affects the ideas of who we are. Each and every day we are induced to believe that we must spend money to attain an ideal

Children between the ages of 8 and 18 spend a whopping 44.5 hours in front of media sources that are possibly displaying these ads. Research has shown that children less than age 8 cannot tell that the advertisements are merely trying to be persuasive. Children under age 6 cannot even tell the difference between an advertisement and a program. Yet

From viewing McDonald’s dollar menus on the freeways to admiring at the latest iPhone 7 promotions, there is no doubt advertisements have interfered with our lives. While the elderly is beginning to reminisce on the carefree lifestyles they had, adolescents are suffering from the excessive advertisements(ads) that appear on a daily basis. With superfluous advertisements in every direction, a civilian’s attention is easily captivated.

Business marketers have wanted to get into schools for decades. Know why? Picture rows and rows of captive students who can't leave, switch channels during the commercial, or drag away the giant machine that plugs sugar-loaded soda. That's money in the bank for any company that can bypass the school doors. (McCollum)

Banning advertisements targeted towards children in the United States would violate the rights of many businesses across the nation. The Constitution along with its amendments are in place to protect every citizen and business in the nation. The Freedom of Press amendment was implemented for when cases like this one are brought up. Taking this right away would upset the balance in this country and possibly

Ever since the United States experienced the economic crash in the early 2000s, schools all over the country have suffered budget cuts. As a result, schools are finding themselves very short-staffed, shutting down different classes, and sometimes on the verge of closing their doors. Whether they are elementary, middle school, high school, or even colleges, they are all under the same risks. Due to this being the case, colleges began the rise of corporate sponsorships. Following in several universities footsteps, high schools and middle schools also began to accept corporate sponsorships. The result of commercialism has become present in the everyday life of children and young adults. The names of courses, posters, scoreboards, or even vending machines are just a few forms of corporate sponsorships. Corporate sponsorship in the last couple of decades has become widespread and a

For many years, corporations have sponsored schools in the United States. Many students and faculty can find corporate advertisements all over the school; on jerseys, uniforms, equipment, and even school buses. Corporate sponsorships bring money to cash-strapped schools that desperately need money, but these ads also bring distractions to students. Students deserve the best education the school board can provide them and these corporate sponsorships bring many distractions and annoyance to students. Schools should not allow corporate sponsorships into their schools if they do not bring the best benefits to students. Although corporate sponsorships bring a small number of benefits, the school board should provide an environment free from ads and corporate influence in schools because corporate sponsorships create a biased education system and creates lifelong customers out of vulnerable students.

Advertisement has become increasingly important to the funding of television shows, movies, and other such entertainment entities. Television is funded almost solely on commercials and no one really minds except for some grumbling about interruptions to the show, because they know that the television shows would not get the money and resources they need to be made without them. Schools need funding and resources that they are constantly lacking in, and while putting advertisements up may be irritating, the money and equipment gained through these partnerships will improve conditions at the schools and the advertisements will not get in the way of normal education, though these partnerships definitely need some restrictions before they should be allowed.

However, from personal experience, I can say that ads are extremely easy to ignore. Whenever I am watching TV or listening to the radio and a commercial comes on, my mind just spaces out and I don’t even know what the ad is trying to sell me. To add to that, schools aren’t just going to put up manipulative ads. (Quote). Finally, the pros of advertising definitely outweigh any cons. A student who has gotten a proper learning experience but has been exposed to ads at school will be better off in the real world than a student who hasn’t been exposed to ads but hasn’t had a proper learning

Everyday we see hundreds of ads that company’s advertise. We even see they while driving, but the advertising doesn’t make a person crash, so why would corporations advertising or selling their product in school affects a student's ability to learn? Corporations selling their products in a school allows the company to gain a profit while students enjoy a luxury in school such as a drink, but their products could be harmfull to the consumer.

It’s deceptive. Children don’t have the cognitive wherewithal to defend against advertising (Kanieski, 2010). Very young children can’t distinguish between a program and a commercial (Tepperman, Albanese, & Curtis, 2014). Until the age of 11 or 12, kids don’t truly understand persuasive intent they don’t understand that every single part of the ad is trying to get them to do something (Moglan, 2014). Furthermore, children have less impulse control and are more vulnerable to

The government should exercise more control and limits on advertising that is aimed at children. Children are the leaders of the future and the children watch on average two or more hours of television a day. These are children’s most formative years. When children form ideas that prove to be substance of how they will think as adults.

Advertising today focuses on specific targeted demographic groups. There is a direct focus on marketing products to young consumers. This age group sees the commercials, but does not really understand the directed message. This can have an adverse effect on the way children interpret and understand the message being presented to them. 'The average American child sees more than 40,000 commercials a year, and advertisers spend more than $12 billion annually marketing to them?double the amount of 10 years ago.' (APA-1) Children watching television are exposed to every channel running commercials that are sending out a mature message to an immature audience. There needs to be something done to