While watching Nickelodeon from 10-noon on Sunday morning I viewed around eleven advertisements. I believe all eleven of the advertisements were realistic, accurate, and honest. The only thing I see that could affect children’s behavior from the advertisements is that they entice children to ask for the toys, food, or other items being sold. That is up to the parent weather or not they allow their child to have these certain items. Three of the eleven were food products, six were toys and movies, and the last two were advertisements to get children involved in playing outside and learning about he election.
I was amazed that there weren’t more advertisements shown. Eleven in two hours was not that many. There were more than eleven, but the others were repeated from the ones I already had. The food products were repeated, but food is a good thing. The ones I observed were on Jucyfruit Gum, Strawberry Blast Honey Comb, and McDonalds. The Jucyfruit Gum is fine I don’t see anything wrong with that. The cereal is also good; I believe promoting breakfast is very important because some children skip breakfast which is not healthy. McDonalds is not that bad, it is only bad if the child eats it a lot. The six of the eleven that were toy, games, and movies I find good because it entices children’s imagination. Just like the food, it is only bad if the child receives too much of it. The problem is with the asking and wanting of the products which might drive the parents crazy.
My theory that may explain why children may or may not be influenced by misleading television advertisements is since children want everything they see, parents need to talk to their children and explain to them the logic of all the things that are on TV. Advertisements are made to catch your attention and make you want to buy whatever is being shown. Children are the most venerable to these catchy advertisements.
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