Ads That Fool Us

I think a lot of effective ads/commercials that people look at and believe are the ads and commercials that portray to their children. Such as, ads for healthy foods like all the cerals that advertise they are filled with fiber and all the good vitamins. Or the toys that will help their children learn easier and faster like all the Leap Frog commercials that actually show kids reading and learning so parents think that the object will also help their child so they go out and buy this item. Or ads can go the other direction and turn you away from choosing an item such as fast food. All the commercials you see for fast food are just advertising what they have to eat that’s new, not that it’s completely unhealthy for you.

Ads such as this one show that the patient is blaming the fast food place or places that he has been eating has made him fat. Ads and commercials like this show the kids that it’s ok to eat anything you want and it’s not their fault if they become obese. McDonalds does have some fruit and salads on their menu and they do advertise that. They also have fruit and milk that the parent can get for their kids in the kids meal instead of French fries and at least they advertise that part.

These ads will definitely affect me and I’m more aware of the commercials now and I look more into what they are really trying to sell you instead of their “crap” that they think they can pull over people’s head to reel them into buying whatever the advertisement group is selling.