Thursday, September 11, 2008
Day 3 Blog Semester 2
"Kids see more than 250 000 commercials aimed at their appearance by age 17". How do you think this may affect how kids feel about themselves? Do you think it may affect some kids' self-esteem and self-confidence? What do you see as the worst case scenario as to the results of some of these commercials for kids who are affected by them? Let me know how commercials of this nature make you feel.
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hey guys, I still like cake. I think it's pretty bad that they show that kind of stuff on commercials because it influences teens to dress skimpy and and not that nice to other people. Back then they weren't even allowed to put that kind of stuff on the tv.
I usually ignore commercials aimed at your appearance cause they have no purpose. I think these commercials just lower self esteem and self confidence because all the people on commercials are photoshopped and people cant look like that in real life . The worst case scenario is that someone see's all these photoshopped people who are so skinny, and feel they are fat, go on a diet and then become anorexic (I cant spell the word!!!).
I think that comercials like that are terrible becuase the make the other kids that see them think there not as good looking as the people on the commercial and they try to make thmeselves look like them. I do think the commercials effect the kids self-esteem/confidence because the kids stop eating, do plastic surgery and they wear bad clothes and be rude to other people, just to get as good looking and popular as the computer enhanced people on the comercials. the worst case i think would be deppression and suicide. For these commercials, i dont pay attention to them cause their fake.
On T.V they make everyone look perfectly flawless. Some people acctually do look like that but they usually have alot of makeup/cover up on its harder on girls i think, beacause some girls dont have perfect teeth or there just not like others so on t.v they addvertise how pretty you can look if you wash your face with this or guys will notice you if you use this perfume or if you use this razor you'll have good looking legs.
Like with guys it all the razors and the Axe. I usually mute the T.v when the comercials come on and talk with someone or go see what everybody else is doing for a minute untill the shows back on.
Virginia
i think that commercials are a horrible way to show teens how they can improve there appearance because all they do is show them all the things they need to become more beautiful, even though they dont need that stuff. Usually all the people on the commercials are models that have been photoshoped to look a certain way. All this does to teens is make them feel bad about themselves.
I don't watch commercials that are aimed at your appearance. All of the people on them are photoshopped and airbrushed and no one can look that perfect in real life. I think that these commercials should be taken off the air because all they're doing is making teens and young children believe that they have to be that perfect. The commercails are making people anorexic!! :O
I don't like these commercials. :(
-colby-
I have not seen any of those commercials because i only watch sport channels.
sometimes when kids see commercials they think that it is true so they belive. I think it can help them in some causes. Watching these videos it may effect some kids. Commercials make me feel good because like to now what's new in the world.
I think that commercials are good and bad. They are bad because they make people look really good and they don't always look that way in real life, so that makes people want to look that way. They are good because it tells us what is new and what products are out there.
yes i do think that commercials can change the way you act and how you feel about yourself. They will watch a bad commercial and then after, try to do what they just saw on T.V.
i think this effects kids by hurting their self-steem, and change how they feel about themselves. yes, this obviously changes their self-esteem because on commercials they show small skinny girls who dont eat, and maybe a bigger girl is watching the commercial, i dont think she would feel very good about herself. worst case scenario, suiscide, cutting, or starving themselves. i really dont pay attention to commercials, or TV shows that cause selfe-steem to go down. i am pretty content with myself and think everyone should think the same.
that they could do the oposite of what the comercial is advertiasing. i think that these comercials are not bad but not good eather.
I think commercials of this nature are harmful to teens, especially since they aim right towards us. They show us this picture of what we're "supposed" to look like and how to act and some of us don't fit into this picture. Instead of making teens feel happy and confident about who they are, it makes them want to change to become "flawless" like the people on t.v. The worst case scenarios involve bulimia, anorexia, etc. What they really should show are all different types of people, who do have flaws but are still confident in themselves.
I think it mekes people fell bad about them self. I think it would affect some kids self-esteem, because they dont look perfct. I don't care when they come on, i just change the channel sometimes.
Riley
some of the comercials you see on t.v may be good because you may have bad acne and you see a thing on t.v you try it out and it works! well of course it's not going to look as perfect as the ones on t.v cause many of those girls are fake. It's important to be yourself, and not to try and do what you see on t.v. Beauty comes from within too. peoople shouldn't let their self-esteem come down, just be yourself. Worst case scenario would be when they think they are not pretty and they do things that hurt themselves, or do things that they shouldn't too. You should feel beautifull no matter what size,shape or color you are. Beauty is not just the outside, but the inside as well.
these comercials make kids feel fat or ugly,some kids might feel so bad about this there self-esteem and self confidence might go down because you think your ugly or fat. Children might do drastic things to themselves like anerexic (I don't now how to spell it either brett). when I see these comercial i just change the channel
I dont care about these commericials at all. but some kids might try and be like what they see on t.v and thats not good. Some kids may lose some self esteem and confidence especially the heavier people. Worst case scenario would probably be someone becoming anerexic to become skinnyier.
Well I usually change the chanels to avoid commercials because the really annoy me. But I do understand how people could get upset by seeing some kind of supermodel commercial or something. my advice is to ignore commercials and don't let them change the way you think about yourself. Or watch something else until the commercial is over like I do.
i think that the commercials that are aimed at me are about looks and bullying. i just ignore the commercial because i no that the people that made it are just trying to make someone feel better or try to sell clothes with a style commercial but the worst out come is that the kids ignore the commercial.
I think that these commercials are practically telling people that they should look like these girls and guys on the commercial. I dont think anyone should look the way someone wants them to look, look the way you feel comfortable, and i bet you none of those models or people on the commercials feel comfortable the way the look. the worst case scenario is a very low self esteem or suidcide because of how much you want to look like that and you cant, if you really wanna look like that u have to be a walking talking computer revised girl or boy... no thanks!
i think commercials are good and bad.i dont care about commercials at all. i just change the chanels.
I seen alot of girls get hurt. They try to look like all those other girls. I know those girls dont look like that they edit how they look. But i seen girls go though eating disorders. I don't let commercials get to me.
Commercials can all affect people in different ways. Sometimes it depends on how the child was brought up in their family. Some commercials affect people by making them feel bad about their body image and how they look. Some commercials affect people so bad that they end up in eating disorders, and sometimes as much as commiting suicide. I really don't watch t.v soi could really care less about what commercials are about. Even though some commercials are meant to be others can have a bad influence on kids. In the end it's what you are willing to believe in.
I don't watch commercials cause they are boring
well first off, obviously commericals make you feel intrested and you think that it will make you look more prettyer or more handsome. But, literally those commericals are nothing but nonsense.
You just have to accept who you really are.. i think being yourself is the best answer to anything. I admit commericals are overwelming and you want to look that pretty , just like the way they show you on the commercials. but, i don't really believe them anymore because i know the real thing.
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