Having had the television on all weekend, I noticed that many commercials are now all in Spanish. I am watching basic cable here, not the Spanish speaking channels. From the images on the commercials I can understand what product they are advertising, but their presence as interruptions for all English programming is quite alarming.
I saw a new type of Band-Aid brand adhesive bandage and it had its own little version of the Band-aid jungle.
A great deal may be remarked about the quality of television programming. However, programming is far too large an umbrella about which to make a meaningful and pertinent comment. There is undeniably quality content on television, and also a tremendous amount of garbage. Which is which is largely subjective, and not a topic over which I care to spend energy tirading.
I'm pretty sure by now most of the people reading this have seen the "Magical Amount" commercial made by the Truth organization. If not, here's the clip.
In light on the internet and numerous other advances in technology, the way society is fed information is much different than just fifteen years ago. Advertisement is likely to make a big change as things change even more. Today, advertising in newspapers is going to reach less people than ever before, and is also going to be targeted mainly to an older bunch of consumers.
There has been a lot of conflict lately with Clinton and her elections. I have come across a video that might be viewed by a lot, but I would like to share and see what your opinions are.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BEPcJlz2wE
