Advertisements Can Change Lives
Can advertisements make people feel or be different?
Advertisers Can Be Dangerous
When I had seen ads that were aggressive or discriminative towards their presentation, I used their information towards my beliefs to who I should be in reality. According to reports, "Advertisements in men's magazines promote the possession of stuff as a valuable, important attribute to have, while lowering the self-esteem of men who do not own the trendiest fashions" (Martin & Centry, 1997 {Article #4}). Even some of those commercials has made me who I am because they have gotten me interested to be like the people shown in them. Another report says, "The media often uses and misrepresents stereotypes; however, they are significantly accepted by people among society"(Anonymous {Article #6}). When I attempt to use that with people who are different, they often try to become more like me, but sometimes they question my personality, either disliking it or wanting to know what I am doing. Also, "they apply this knowledge towards those they meet in real-life" (Anonymous {Article #6}). This was somewhat risky for me, especially that it could've affected how the community views me today. That is why I realize that this is a problem for me and others.
My solution to this situation is to stop listening to anything that advertisements are comparing between each other. I believe they aren't giving true facts about what they're saying because they believe that citizens won't pay attention to it and admit it as actuality so that advertisers will get more customers that would watch those ads. While commercials would be running in TV, I could be doing something else so that I wouldn't think about them, and I could let my future change me instead.
Old Spice commercial
McDonald's commercial
Monster Truck commercial
Bibliography/Works Cited
"Stereotypes In the Media." 123HelpMe.com. 18 Dec 2015
<http://www.123HelpMe.com/view.asp?id=21979>.
By: Mauricio Galvan
7th/8th Period