reflections

Student reflections
Media Literacy Day 1

Reflections from students about Ad Browser:


 * Food commercials, they put glue on the food to make it look better.
 * Baby has to be 15 days old to be in an advertisement on TV.
 * Advertisements are often misleading.
 * 20% of america is made up of people with people with disabilities.
 * Use detergent on chicken to make it look shiny.
 * They use celebrities in advertisements to make people want to buy the product.
 * Very expensive items -- price is never listed... to make you really want it.
 * Unhealthy products that never mention how bad they are for you.
 * Use computer editing and other tactics to make things more attractive than they actually are.
 * Older commercials, more writing, than pictures
 * Cheaper items, add something free.
 * Before and after pictures... make after more enthusiastic
 * Advertisements from long ago wouldn't sell to people today.
 * Over time, they try to use more pictures and slogans.
 * On average, 25 ads in an hour if you want TV.
 * Show they can change appearance.