In recent years, the food and beverage industry in the United States has seen children and adolescents as a major market force. As a result, children and adolescents are now the target of intense and specialized food advertising and marketing efforts. Food marketers are interested in young people as consumers due to their spending power, their buying influence, and as future adult consumers. Multiple techniques and channels are used to reach youth, beginning when they are young children, to encourage brand building and influence food purchasing behavior. These food marketing channels include television advertising, school marketing, product placements, kids’ clubs, the Internet, toys and products with brand logos and youth-oriented promotions, such as cross-selling and tie-ins. Foods marketed for children are predominantly high in sugar and fat, and as such are inconsistent with national dietary recommendations. The purpose of this article is to examine the food advertising and marketing channels used to target children and adolescents in the United States, the impact of food advertising on eating behavior, and current regulation and policy.
Nutrition during childhood and adolescence is essential for growth and development, health and well-being. [1, 2] In addition, eating behaviors established during childhood track into adulthood and contribute to long-term health and chronic disease risk. [3, 4] Numerous studies have consistently documented that the dietary intake patterns of American children and adolescents are poor and do not meet national dietary goals. [5–8] In addition, US food consumption trend data shows a change in recent decades. Children and teens are eating more food away from home, drinking more soda, and eating more often. [9-11] American children now get more than 50% of their calories from fat or added sugar (32% and 20%, respectively). [12]
The growing epidemic of childhood overweight and obesity is a major public health concern. Currently, 15% of young Americans are overweight, a prevalence almost twice as high in children and three times higher in adolescents compared to prevalence rates in 1980. [13] Nearly two-thirds (60%) of children with overweight have at least one cardiovascular risk factor (eg, hypertension, hyperlipidemia) [14] and the prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus is increasing in youth. [15] These trends can seriously compromise the future health and productivity of the American population and increase health care costs.
How do you do advertising and marketing to teenagers?
You will find advertising everywhere, be it on social platforms, which are mainly used by youth and young adults, or on television, which is increasingly used by adults and older people. Besides school, parents, and friends, the media is among the biggest influencers for young people. Advertising is heavily shaped by children at a very young age.
Today it is impossible to avoid advertising and an unimaginable world. Everywhere faces advertising. Whether on the street through billboards, on the Internet through a wide variety of advertisements or on television through the general publicity that is built between programs. However, you must first explain what you mean by advertising and give the word a definition.
In general, you can define advertising as a strategy of companies that want to advertise a brand or product. All measures are aimed at presenting this product to the customer and making it “tasty”. The various companies specialize in a specific target group to find out what wishes and expectations have to do with a product so that they can include this in their strategy.
1. Product is about range, quality, customer service and design.
2. The place/place raises the question of how the product should reach the customer, ie the sales channel.
3. Pricing includes determining prices that take into account many other factors.
4. The Ph.D. in particular describes advertising.
Advertising for children is particularly communicated by television, since this is its main medium. According to Kim’s 2006 study, television is the number one medium for children ages 6-13. Many companies specialize in children as the target group for their product, as advertising is quite easy to design. You just have to make sure that it is colorful and accompanied with many beautiful sounds. Children can be mainly influenced by advertising with positive connotations. However, you must consider the age very strongly in children, which makes a big difference when the perception of advertising.
How does advertising influence adolescents?
Advertisers know that if they want to sell a product or service, they need to interest teens. Teenagers are the top consumer demographic in America, according to PBS Frontline. The teen market segment is worth between $44 billion and $150 billion a year.
Teens use social media, and advertisers have taken notice. As teens scroll through Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube, they will see ads. Teens ignore most of these ads, but not all of them. They pay attention to sponsored videos from influencers, even though they know influencers get paid. Teens, perhaps due to lack of experience, believe that their influencers would not sell products they “didn’t believe.” Hearing a brand message from someone in or near their peer group also persuades teens to jump on board with whatever the advertiser is trying to sell.
Advertisers often influence teens by playing on their insecurities and making them feel good enough: too fat, too skinny, or unattractive. If they just buy the right products or stick with certain brands, they might fit in. Ads like these are trying to guide teens to be included in social circles by letting them know what is likely to be accepted from others and what is not.
The prevalence of data collection opens up a whole new world to advertisers trying to capture the teen market. They can influence teens based on what they learn about them from the information they collect and store. Once enough data is collected, the marketers who buy the data know which products or services are likely to capture the attention of their teen markets.
A summary published by the “Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics” in 2006 reports that advertising influences adolescents to eat poorly, smoke cigarettes, and drink alcohol. Some advertisers study which techniques influence teenagers the most. They found success with product placements in movies and TV shows, along with celebrity endorsements. The summary also reports that one-third of teens who smoke started because of tobacco advertising. The same goes for alcohol: teen drinkers have likely been exposed to alcohol advertising.
What characteristics does advertising focused on young people have?
Advertising and social networks are increasingly decisive in purchasing options and in defining behaviors. Images, messages and creativity help to affirm products and describe the values that underlie the behavior of the youngest. Three children of four under 18 years of age are guided in their choices by advertising, model by external appearance and look. Just as self-judgment is gradually influenced by social media and advertising. Confirmation of these trends comes from a study by Credos, the English think tank consisting of the largest advertising agencies, communication companies, media outlets and media centers.
The research highlights how young English men (sample of more than 1,000 interviewees) are strongly conditioned in evaluating their appearance and physical fitness of the models proposed by advertising. This pushes them to change not only their lifestyle but, above all, to buy different and functional products to change their appearance. To attend to social networks, they will be increasingly influential as accessible and manageable without filters by parents and teachers. “Advertising has always influenced and dictates behavior. This in itself is also good. Consider the development of hybrid cars. If you hadn’t advertised how long it would have been to push consumers to choose them? », Cesare Casiraghi, founder and creative director Casiraghi Greco & Comments. «The social ones are an amplifier, also here for better or for worse, of these behaviors. I think it is necessary to seek a mediation towards positive and accepted models “.
The study in English wanted to identify the areas of greatest criticality in a defined male objective, connected to physical appearance and, in general, to appearance. In addition, the intention was to highlight the role played by social networks, especially in the delicate issue of manipulating images for advertising and communication purposes, as well as the role of emotional relationships and the world of the school in the management of these trends. “I think that not only young people are influenced and conditioned by advertising,” adds photographer Oliviero Toscani (in the photo), author of many shots used in advertising campaigns. “Even women and adults. It appears, it is imperative that it has taken the place of being. Advertising has great responsibilities and social networks have aggravated the situation ». 57% of those surveyed admit that they feel conditioned by the need to take a good look at social networks. Used in most cases to connect and interact with friends, but today in 21% of cases to ask and get to know celebrities and modern figures better. Sensitivity to the risks that stand out from many sides in the use of social networks to promote products or services is still very scarce. The reaction that exists between brands and celebrities who talk about it on social networks is not always clear and immediate. Among the most used social networks in the first YouTube post (75% on average), Twitter closes (42%). The research confirms the role that communication still plays today in determining the brave universe of young people. “From the point of view of an advertiser, the idea is strengthened that our industry is in all respects an educational agency that joins this role to school, family and entertainment”, explains Alberto de Martini, CEO and strategic planner for Red Cell (WPP Group). “Interesting and reassuring, note that children seem very aware of the influence exerted by advertising on their perception of themselves and role models. A disenchanted pragmatism likely contributes to this, allowing them to accept and admit their availability to emulation.” Young people have a high regard for advertising, young people, 73% of high school boys consider fundamentals in purchasing options and to address them in fashions and trends to follow. For 68% of primary school students, advertising indicates behaviors that are considered correct. More than half of high school children admit to feeling under pressure, seeing advertising models and that many have changed their behavior after seeing the commercials and messages. A confirmation of the influence that the proposed commercials and images have on your image and the way you think and act. About 20% of children admit that they have changed their business and practice after seeing special models and behaviors in advertising messages. seeing advertising models and that many have changed their behavior after seeing the commercials and the messages. A confirmation of the influence that the proposed commercials and images have on your image and the way you think and act. About 20% of children admit that they have changed their business and practice after seeing special models and behaviors in advertising messages. seeing advertising models and that many have changed their behavior after seeing the commercials and the messages. A confirmation of the influence that the proposed commercials and images have on your image and the way you think and act. About 20% of children admit that they have changed their business and practice after seeing special models and behaviors in advertising messages.
“Once again, our work is questioned”, continues de Martini, “given the wide use that we have always made of famous people, today also by hiring them as a spokesperson for the brand on social media. But here the request of the young people is very explicit: everything is fine, but tell us that it is publicity. Different, and more disturbing, the judgment on the manipulation of the bodies of the models. The boys don’t want to do it Spot. My conclusion is very simple: taking into account the requests that have arisen from investigations like this is not only a civil duty for those who affect the lives of children so much, but it is also an opportunity to be seized, to improve the relationship between the Brands our clients ours and a very important objective today and decisive tomorrow. And the keywords to do it, given the simple and clean way in which they seem to look at us and talk to us, they are honesty and transparency. It is not surprising, the same thing that every citizen expects from our ruling class. Of which, as British children confirm, advertisers share positions and honors ».
How does advertising influence adolescence?
We identified three main families of verbal models in the existing literature, hereafter named as follows: (i) social motivation model, (ii) reward sensitivity model, and (iii) distraction model. These three models focus on two distinct neurodevelopmental explanations for impaired decision making during adolescence. Social Motivation Verbal models emphasize the importance of the developing “social brain.” The other two verbal models (reward sensitivity and distraction) emphasize the relatively slow maturation of cognitive control systems. Earlier work that falls into the reward sensitivity family of verbal models is often referred to as “dual systems” models. as they also emphasize the relatively rapid maturation of reward-processing brain regions and explain adolescent behavior with maturational imbalance between reward-processing and cognitive-control brain regions (Casey et al., 2008; Steinberg, 2008; Geier et al., 2010; Shulman et al., 2016). In contrast, the distraction model has a single focus on the development of cognitive control. Our subsequent review of the existing experimental evidence shows that these three families of verbal models are currently equally well supported in the literature, despite each model providing a different explanation for similar observations.
The first verbal model we consider states that adolescents have increased social motivation. Demonstrating risky behavior, or conforming to peer group behavior, are seen as ways to achieve these social goals. In other words, social motivation models assume that during adolescence there are situations in which a high social value is attributed to displaying risky behavior (Crone & Dahl, 2012; Ruff & Fehr, 2014) that is independent of the non-value. social of the result of the result (for example, money).
The verbal reward sensitivity model is based on research suggesting that adolescence is the time when rapid maturation of reward-processing brain systems coincides with relatively slow maturation of cognitive control systems. According to the reward sensitivity model, the biological imbalance between these two systems gives rise to risky adolescent decision making (Casey et al., 2008; Ernst et al., 2015; Shulman et al., 2016). Here we will not address the debate about the validity (Pfeifer and Allen, 2016) or the different variants of these models (Casey et al., 2008; Steinberg, 2008; Larsen and Luna, 2018). Instead, we focus on the element that is suggested to be most relevant to understanding developmental changes in peer influence: reward sensitivity. Reward sensitivity states that social influence has such dramatic effects on adolescent risk-taking because a social context “can sensitize the incentive processing system to respond to cues signaling potential rewards for risky behavior” ( Chein et al., 2011, p.2). In fact, Chen et al. (2011) showed that while observing during a risk task, brain regions related to reward processing were more active in adolescents than in adults. This was interpreted as evidence for a reward sensitivity model, as it suggests that, in adolescents, the social context itself leads to changes in reward processing in general. Reward sensitivity states that social influence has such dramatic effects on adolescent risk-taking because a social context “can sensitize the incentive processing system to respond to cues signaling potential rewards for risky behavior” ( Chein et al., 2011, p.2). In fact, Chen et al. (2011) showed that while observing during a risk task, brain regions related to reward processing were more active in adolescents than in adults. This was interpreted as evidence for a reward sensitivity model, as it suggests that, in adolescents, the social context itself leads to changes in reward processing in general. Reward sensitivity states that social influence has such dramatic effects on adolescent risk-taking because a social context “can sensitize the incentive processing system to respond to cues signaling potential rewards for risky behavior” ( Chein et al., 2011, p.2). In fact, Chen et al. (2011) showed that while observing during a risk task, brain regions related to reward processing were more active in adolescents than in adults. This was interpreted as evidence for a reward sensitivity model, as it suggests that, in adolescents, the social context itself leads to changes in reward processing in general.
How does advertising influence the decision-making of children and adolescents?
Today, the explosion of marketing to children is well targeted, honed with a scientific method, and more pervasive and intrusive than ever, with a shocking intensity that is one of the topics of growing public interest. The publicity is directed basically for three reasons: it wants to make them insist on asking parents for the products intended for them (NAG factor or Capriccio factor); Obtain, with your requests, that they influence adult purchases, not only in products intended for them, but also in other economic decisions of the family (for this reason, adult advertising also tries, subliminally, to attract child care); They misled the brand, even before a product, as they represent the adults of the future. The children, in fact, they are current and future consumers and, for this reason, they are bombarded with advertising, which exploits their critical incapacity (or reduced capacity, depending on age) and they do not realize the persuasive deviance implicit in the act, which works with confidence What is suggested to him as right. Parents often feel slaves to this persuasive action of the little ones, who feel them with the whims to achieve the purpose. In this way, marketing also breaks educational rules and undermines the relationship between parents and children, since the child is seen by the child as the one who prevents him from having that object, in her right. depending on age) and do not realize the persuasive deviation implicit in the act, which works with confidence What is suggested to him as right. Parents often feel slaves to this persuasive action of the little ones, who feel them with the whims to achieve the purpose. In this way, marketing also breaks educational rules and undermines the relationship between parents and children, since the child is seen by the child as the one who prevents him from having that object, in her right. depending on age) and do not realize the persuasive deviation implicit in the act, which works with confidence What is suggested to him as right. Parents often feel slaves to this persuasive action of the little ones, who feel them with the whims to achieve the purpose. In this way, marketing also breaks educational rules and undermines the relationship between parents and children, since the child is seen by the child as the one who prevents him from having that object, in her right.
The television spot is the program preferred by children because it is rich in emotional stimuli, thanks to the effectiveness of languages and its structure that adapts very well to their mind, for this reason they can remember their number very high in detail. . Advertising becomes effective, especially towards a childhood audience, thanks to some peculiar characteristics: the brevity of the space-time of the messages allows intense use in a short time, so much so that it does not leave the necessary space for reflection; The situations he portrays are almost always easily recognizable by children; The words, few and repeated, are closely associated with the images to facilitate their understanding and assimilation; the adventure that makes it interesting; The presence of characters towards whom the little ones identify and assume the behaviors, while they speak, how they move, what they wear, what they eat, what they dream about. The playful intention makes the message more usable by the child who takes ownership of the behavior as a rule.
It is not surprising that channels dedicated to children are increasing, where, during advertising breaks, inserted immediately after the acronyms, products created ad hoc are sponsored: food, toys, clothing, video games, figures, etc. Many cartoons are conceived with a marketing perspective so that they can sell everything that is connected with them. In doing so, continuity was created between the program and the advertising: it all started from the ‘Teletubbies’ program, the famous group of colored humanoids that we all knew, with television in the form of television, which emits sounds similar to those pronounced by a small child One of the purposes of this program was precisely to involve the still very young child in the market for products of the advertised brands, in fact, shortly after the broadcast of the program that commercial injuries began, causing the characters to be associated, now become familiar. with food products such as cereals, within which their gades were located. This is an obvious marketing strategy to implement customer loyalty that is calculated “from the cradle to the grave”.
This line of action is assumed through innovative programs such as “Peppa Pig” which has supplanted the now obsolete teletubbies. Peppa Pig, in fact, is valued at £312 million, as it is the engine of all dedicated merchandising, collecting every aspect of a child’s life, from the moment they get up to when they return to bed: merchandise for bedroom and reading, including pajamas and sleeping toys, food items, games and clothing with related accessories. This invasiveness and omnipresence recreates the life of the child according to the television character of the moment, in this case «Peppa Pig». In fact, How many children do we hear and name Peppa Pig as a recognized character and part of their lives? How many children surround themselves (or their parents surround them) with merchandise related to this character?
How does advertising influence people’s lives?
Advertising is a form of communication, the goal of which is to fix the attention of a target in order to encourage him to adopt a desired behavior: purchase of products, election of a political figure, incentive for the environment. Advertising, action of making the public or the state state Of what is public, has taken the modern meaning of the means used to advertise a product, an industrial or commercial enterprise to the public around 1830.
Does advertising influence our consumption ?
In fact, advertising influences our consumption choices, first by attacking its message, then with the presence of a subliminal image and finally with propaganda. However, advertising not only has this goal, it can also have humanistic goals.
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