genehunt1973 wrote:Roy Twing wrote:Food for thought.
Although I rarely watch tv (much less adverts) these days, one of the most blatant bits of 'brainwashing' (for want of a better word) in, it seems, all adverts of late, is the fact that in advert land, every family and group of friends is now multi-cultural/racial, - just like in the real world, eh folks?
I assume there is some sort of advertisers' (and of course broadcasters, it seems) code of conduct which stipulates the makeup of such groups (to what end I can only speculate)
When you sit back and think about it, it is frightening just how easily a society on the whole can be manipulated.
+1
And another. Seems like there's more of us than you'd think.
It's not that anyone dislikes any of the people in these adverts because of their background which is the usual brainless accusation made by the usual brainless suspects, it's an aversion to an obvious and deliberate agenda which is being forced down our throats , now seemingly by some code of conduct or even the law.
Some people just don't like being told what to think or silently brainwashed into what the correct thought processes should be.
But as far as adverts themselves go , I can't say I've ever been influenced by one regarding the product being advertised. An advert for beer will most likely result in me fancying the one of my choice not what they're pushing.
I have noticed one thing though, people are amazingly responsive to imagery which seems to be the best way to promote a product. Some rarely even mention the product but have lavish background sets which somehow appeal most to people.
For instance, if you've got a tense nervous headache the tablets would work equally well on some bloke whose just fell out of bed from the night before but we always get a beautifully groomed middle class housewife from plush suburbia.