Re:A Dark Consensus About Screens and Kids Begins to Emerge ...
by joeyespo on Saturday October 27, 2018 @01:16PM
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As a father of two toddlers, absolutely this.
TV, movies, and games are forms of entertainment. Advertising is a form of manipulation.
Sure, the lines can be blurred, so we do our best to filter out the bad intentions.
Modern advertising seems to become more effective as well. I never anticipated a defense of ads, but I've actually been criticized by visiting relatives for keeping commercials out of reach of our family. We're "out of the loop" now, unable to relate to a joke or situation delivered by commercial. And around holidays and birthdays, we get asked "How do your kids even know what they want without commercials?"
TV, movies, and games are forms of entertainment. Advertising is a form of manipulation.
Sure, the lines can be blurred, so we do our best to filter out the bad intentions.
Modern advertising seems to become more effective as well. I never anticipated a defense of ads, but I've actually been criticized by visiting relatives for keeping commercials out of reach of our family. We're "out of the loop" now, unable to relate to a joke or situation delivered by commercial. And around holidays and birthdays, we get asked "How do your kids even know what they want without commercials?"