The Media And Its Effects On Teen And Young Undeveloped Brains

In today’s media obsessed society, youth is greatly influenced by advertising. For example, Marketing to kids gets more savvy with technologies is how they ,“Online games like Webkinz show ads on the site draw youth to buy the product or just to look at it for ‘money’”. Because this tactic works, the ads are an excellent at make youth to talk about this and be annoyed. In Facts about Marketing to Children, it says, “Children pack 8.5 hours of media a day’, is what the Facts about Marketing to Children says.” Because children are on the media so much it is easy for marketers to advertise and get children to buy the product. “ Anne Lappe says that when her daughter grows up, and goes to a movie, the character might have a soda or fast food.”

A website, Journal of Mass Communication, states that, “63% have their own television set.” This is talking about 7-year-olds and how 63% of them have television sets. Children at the age of 7 are being affected by these advertisements. Also, the Journal of Mass Communication says that, “A young child who is as young as three year can’t understand the selling motive of the advertiser it is not until 8 years of age…” This shows at a young age that children are becoming a target for the advertising companies. When these kids watch these ads they want to have whatever they see which makes them want to have a high social

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.

Most advertisements aimed at teenagers are effective, but usually are not ethical. Most marketers have many ways of gathering information on teenagers spending habits and what is most important to teens. With this information they’re able to create advertisements that will appeal to most teens and create profit. Many people argue that some or most of these ads aren’t ethical because they will create a problem or insecurity and then give the solution to that problem in the form of their product.

In order for advertisers to gain consumers of their products, the advertisers know they have to use certain strategies to reach out to all the different ages. Children today consume vast majorities of media spending up to 44.5 hours or more per week watching television, on the

Teenagers have a “... need for independence, rebellion, and personal control,” (Source F). Marketers can use this in many ways. They can use it to their economical advantage by manipulating teenagers into buying their goods. But, PSA’s can really show teenagers the facts and promote good morals. Recent studies look into how advertisements affect adolescents, “... these studies show that social marketing has successfully changed health behavior such as smoking, physical activity, and condom use, as well as behavioral mediators such as knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs related to these behaviors,” (Source F). While it's true that it's easy for teenagers to be manipulated by commercials, a lot of other commercials can be a strong influence in building better lives for them. If people could focus on the pros rather then the cons, then they could see the big picture of marketing to

In a 65-year span, an average American spends around nine years watching television including 975 days of watching just commercials that is two million ads altogether. Parent are wondering what most of those commercials are regarding too? They are mostly businesses that are targeting kids to eat fast food or influence their parents to buy a product like a toy. Parents think that they can just turn off the T.V.? Yes, folks are correct they can shut down the T.V., but there are way more advertisements than just commercials so many that it is hard for even ad savvy parents to keep it away from their children. Marketers will try anything to get the kid to buy their products, or they will put a logo on everything that they can. How do they target

Companies are continuously in search of innovative marketing techniques by encouragingly establishing individuals to purchase their advertised products. As intelligent as marketing companies are, they are indeed aware of the fact that adults are more likely to watch an advertisement and detect why they should or should not purchase such product. In such instances where the company cannot reach the focus of an adult, parent, or parental figure, marketers will target young children and teens in their advertising campaigns. Advertising campaigns targeting the youth have significantly impacted the ethical consideration in the children’s market through media, ethics, as well as food advertising to children.

One of the reasons that Americans suffer from affluenza more than consumers in other countries is because of the advertising in America. Businesses, marketers, and advertisers have discovered that colonizing the imagination of the child is the most effective way of securing a life-long conspicuous consumer. Between 1980 and 1997, the amount spent on children's advertising in America zoomed from $100 million to $1.5 billion a year. American children watch up to 200 television commercials per day. The average 12-year-old in America spends 48 hours a week watching television

Ads affect teens in many ways, it makes them independent buyers, it gives them self-esteem problems maybe even social anxiety trying to fit in uniquely and what not. Ads just say what teens want to hear and honestly, this could affect them emotionally and physiologically. They give them motivation to go out and buy their product. Let’s not forget when a teenager wants a product but their parents won’t buy it for them, the ads could make teens more secretive such as trying to buy something that costs a lot of money just to loom cool, but, didn’t ask for permission, or didn’t want anyone to know how much it cost of where they got it from. Teenagers want to look like the gorgeous models they’ve seen on television. Even boys want to look nice and skinny with all their muscles showing. Teens will change eating habits or stop eating to look The Incredible Hulk” and not realizing that everything that’s seen on tv is typically edited or fake. In the long run Ads will say anything to get teens to buy their products. Ads will say that their product will change

From two years children cannot know the difference between advertising and actual TV programs . Between 3 to 6 years , they Can identify an advertisement and distinguish it from programming , but they cannot understand that advertising are trying to sell an product . in addition , they think advertisements as being enjoyable or helpful . Between 7 – 12 years they Can understanding that advertising are trying to sell something . Also , they

Television has a very big impact on how people act. The movie, The Merchants of Cool, proved that people can be persuaded by what they see. Many advertisements are aimed to target the teenage market, since they are the driving force of sales and audiences. People know that teens will do whatever it takes to fit in with their friends. In order for one to appreciate the effects of marketing on teens, one could consider The Merchants of Cool as an example of the sociological factors at play, and the effects of such marketing on school culture and teen values.

Attitudes and behaviors of American youth and parents about the advertise ads that targeted the youth of American. Many advertisements idealize alcohol and cigarette smoking, which can encouragement children at a young age to believe that these substances enhance acceptance or appeal. In our assignments reading (The Media: Do We Control it, or Does It Control Us?) In the article said “some would argue that even adults cannot resist the onslaught of the media, but what about children?” “Children learn about the world, in part, by imitating what they see. Also “parents influence their children by offering themselves as behavioral models.” But children today witness what they normally wouldn’t see in real life –on television, in periodicals,

Despite the fact that TV represents the most studied consumer socialization agents, there seem to exist no general consensus about its exact influence on youth. TV influence is largely expressive in nature, affecting attitudes such as desire for products and brand preferences. TV advertising tends to favor the learning of brand names. As Wilson and MacGillivray reported from Duke, in addition to advertising, celebrities who appear on the screen may act as role models for teenagers and then can be considered as symbolic peers. According to some

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