Children from a young age are being told what to purchase, from what they see on TV, online, or in stores. And though that's not okay for such young minds to be influenced, I don't think advertistements targeting children should be banned. I think the amount of ADs that children see should be limited greatly. Acording to The American Psychological Association "Children younger than eight years old do not understand that ads are designed to persuade", yet children under the age of twelve are spending $28 billion yearly on things that advertistments are influencing them to purchase. And those children are also influencing their parents to spend $249 billon yearly, because of what they saw in ADs.
I think People should be able to watch television without being told what the next big thing is all the time. People from a young age are being told what diet pill is the best and possibly most effective, which puts the idea in a young persons mind that the best thing to be is thin. The influence people should be getting while watching television should be how to a become a better person, not how to purchase something. People should be told when they are being given a marketing ploy, they shouldn't have to sit back and quitely be sold something. People should also be showed how to effectivly save their money, and told about how most ADs are just wanting you to spend your money. …show more content…
Showing people that an apple can look good and also taste good, is a way to influence peoples minds for good things. Showing advertisments for the newly built playground in town, is a good way to get children outside playing. Good influences should be the main advertisments people are seeing, but they sadly aren't. The moral of the story is that there are pros and cons to advertisments, but I hope we can move in the direction of only pros in the
I think People should be able to watch television without being told what the next big thing is all the time. People from a young age are being told what diet pill is the best and possibly most effective, which puts the idea in a young persons mind that the best thing to be is thin. The influence people should be getting while watching television should be how to a become a better person, not how to purchase something. People should be told when they are being given a marketing ploy, they shouldn't have to sit back and quitely be sold something. People should also be showed how to effectivly save their money, and told about how most ADs are just wanting you to spend your money. …show more content…
Showing people that an apple can look good and also taste good, is a way to influence peoples minds for good things. Showing advertisments for the newly built playground in town, is a good way to get children outside playing. Good influences should be the main advertisments people are seeing, but they sadly aren't. The moral of the story is that there are pros and cons to advertisments, but I hope we can move in the direction of only pros in the