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Advertising to children and teens can cause self esteem to lower and because children are still young and their minds are immature, they aren’t able to distinguish right from wrong. In the media we see men and women being portrayed as idealized, but as Jean Kilbourne explained in her documentary, Killing us Softly 3, the effects media has on society is great. Idealized images can cause the self esteem of girls and boys to plummet during the stage of adolescence. The media controls what youth think about self image so much that in 2004 the Dove Campaign for Real Beauty was launched. It was launched to help free young women from beauty stereotypes and since it’s launching, they have reached the lives of 3,182,000 people. The media contains ideological and value messages, one of the eight key media concepts. The media sends us messages on how we should live our lives. They tell us that women should be skinny and men muscular, but they don’t say this straight forward and out in the open. Still, the message gets across to most, because would you ever see an ‘ugly’ or overweight person modeling perfume or underwear and looking sexy? Probably not. Another negative aspect of the media is how drinking is portrayed in advertisements. Kids are very susceptible to anything that makes them seem “grown up’. This is why when they see adult behavior they mimic it. Advertising works in much the same way and can be subtle. Kids are exposed to adults doing things that make them ‘adult’… such as drinking. When in an ad, adults are seen drinking and it is associated with them having a good time. Only the POSITIVE aspects of the experience are shown, with none of the negatives. Kids will not have the ability to understand that there are also negative aspects, and of course will want to experiment.
The media can also be very misleading towards children. As one of the eight key media concepts insists, the media constructs reality. They control what we know. They can do this with stereotyping. Because of all the stereotyping in the media, children might grow up being afraid of black people because they might think that they are rude and violent, or they might believe that all brown people or Muslims are terrorists. Stereotyping has a big negative impact on children. They haven’t enough knowledge to differ right from wrong. People of color are hardly shown in the media, but when they are it usually isn’t in a positive manner. Whenever I see a brown person on TV, they usually have an accent, like Apu from The Simpsons. Or that Hispanics have the name Jose and deal drugs. On television and in movies, the cast is predominantly Caucasian or white. This can be very confusing for children because today’s society, especially in Toronto, the community is very diverse. Children might believe that white people are dominant and above all else.
Advertising to children can cause many health issues, physically and mentally. Anorexia, bulimia, and obesity have all in some ways been linked to the media and advertisements. In Canada, 1 in 4 teenage girls have an eating disorder, anorexia or bulimia, compulsive eating or binges. Eating disorders can occur in both men and women but is diagnosed mostly in women. Teenagers become anorexic because they strive to look like the models portrayed in the media or have a fear of slightly gaining weight. Anorexic women and men can get scarring on the knuckles due to sticking their fingers down the throat to force themselves to vomit. Advertising can also cause obesity in children and teens. Obesity is two times more deadly than cigarettes, alcoholism and drunk driving put together. 36% of teens are either obese or overweight. Healthy food is hardly advertised in the media, let alone targeted to children. Because sugar-packed soft drinks and other products look so appealing in commercials, children will obviously lean towards the ‘good’ stuff. Advertisers will not show the calories and fat, and since children are easily brainwashed, they simply won’t care. Fast food is convenient and cheap and because it is, people are more likely to choose fast foods vs. healthy foods. Seven major fast foods that contribute to obesity are doughnuts, cheeseburgers with French fries, chicken nuggets and fried chicken, ready to eat lunches, sugary cereal, processed meats, and canned soup. All of these different food products are advertised so perfectly, but can be very misleading. These are just some of the examples of false advertisements. As well as children being deceived, they are also gaining a lot of weight.

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