Think of all we could create with the billions that go into advertisments

      • plantifa [they/them]
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        4 years ago

        You know how some advertisements for cars and shit appeal to children through things like animation/bright colors/children within the advertisement expressing their preference for the product, even though kids obviously can't drive, have the money to purchase cars etc. ? Ads that cater to kids even if they aren't the target audience give the incentive for kids to nag and influence parents into choosing to purchase said products. This was presented as an objectively good thing by my ghoulish advertising professor last semester.

        E: had to take the class for credit, no interest in being a bloodsucker

        E2: Essentially, it's the exploitation of the influence that children have in making household purchasing decisions, especially with young children b/c their still-developing mind can't distinguish between the programs they watch vs. the advertisements which target them (until around age 6 iirc)

    • Phish [he/him, any]
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      4 years ago

      How much of her soul would be in tact if she got a job marketing useless software to other companies instead of marketing products to children or individual consumers?