However, it is now common knowledge that McDonald's can be dangerous towards the health of children as the food served by these fast-food restaurants are not as healthy as they are portrayed to be in children advertisements. ... I remember as a kid while watching cartoons, a McDonald's advertisement played during commercials that really caught my attention, now i wasn't the type kid that was into fast food but this commercial displayed something that was much more than a small simple cheeseburger and some fries. ... " When it came to fast-food restaurants, I wasn't the...

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The biggest thing is the fast food commercials and what they portrayed to us. ... For example, in sports illustrated they have a Wendy's fast food and it give the impression that Wendy's is good for you. ... Kids don't know any better all they see is the toy that comes with the meal Bower it says, " While Mom and Dad are snoozing on Saturday morning, the kids are being hit with a barrage of ads for fast food restaurants"(75). ... MacArthur says that "That chanllege is more complex for fast food outlet, said subway's Mr. ... If you look on television an observe all the ad...

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Inherent in this targeting, especially of the very young, are the advertisers fostering the youth's loyalty to foods, creating among the children a loss of individuality and self-sufficiency, denying them the ability to explore and create but instead often encouraging poor health habits assimilated from eating fast food. ... Children are unprepared to make appropriate food choices and do not understand the relationship of food choices to health maintenance and disease prevention....Because young children can not understand the relationship between food choices and chronic nutritional dise...

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Within the advertising industry female objectification and sexualization can appear in nearly any market although it appears the most within the fashion and beauty industries as well as the food and health industries. ... Upon quick inspection the meaning of this fast food advertisement is obvious. ... As marketers struggle to differentiate and draw attention to their product offerings, the use of erotic content has become increasingly frequent. (2012 pg.37) The semiotic use of the female form, the 'hourglass figure' has become more and more common in advertising to elicit the idea...

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However this image is produced not with romance and passion but with consumer products "they fell in love, and shared a Samboy" the use of food conveys to the audience the publics need to consume. ... Dawes does this through imagery "the nursery is in darkness" the mother is now referred to as a monster "her large hands hold him fast" the line "she loves him and the frightening fact sinks in" expresses to the audience that there is no escaping consumerism or those who bestow it upon the public. ...

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Advertisements featuring products like snacks, toys, confectionaries, cookies, and fast food are specifically targeted at children, in order to motivate them to try new brands and buy more (Priya, et al, 2010). ...

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But only 20 years later, most of these firms were no patent medicine manufacturers anymore but manufacturers of food, soap, cosmetics and automobiles. ... In the 1950s came television, which developed fast to be the leading advertising-media. ...

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Every society has mythology. In some societies, it's religion. Our religion is consumerism. Ellen Weis, San Francisco's Museum of Modern Mythology Consumerism fuels the capitalist fire. In a capitalist society, the goal is to make money, by whatever means possible, exploiting whichever potential...

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Every society has mythology. In some societies, it's religion. Our religion is consumerism. Ellen Weis, San Francisco's Museum of Modern Mythology Consumerism fuels the capitalist fire. In a capitalist society, the goal is to make money, by whatever means possible, exploiting whichever potential...

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• Grade Level: High School