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> it's really hard to avoid them all, they're very sneaky, with product placement in movies.. Yes. product placement in movies and how people are increasingly
by imakesnowflakes 11y ago
> it's really hard to avoid them all, they're very sneaky, with product placement in movies..
Yes. product placement in movies and how people are increasingly ok with it, is one of the things that made me ask this question. And you are right that we cannot avoid them all. But I think the important thing is not simply to tell to avoid all ads, but to make future generations aware of parts of human behavior that can be taken advantage of. So that they can identify and grow some kind of resistance against such manipulations early on in their life.
I mean, we teach kids about a lot of stuff. But the most important study of all, the study of themselves, the study of man, or even the possibility of such a study, we leave them to figure out themselves. I am not sure if it is feasible to teach kids about such stuff...But may be, we need to figure out a way.
- insoluble 11y agoIn terms of being taken advantage of, I feel that there are areas outside of product ads that really are of greater importance. Politics is an important example where information, misinformation, and manipulation run rampant. Teaching kids to recognise influences and to introspect on intentions is essential if social and self awareness are to be sought. Understanding ads is like the training wheels of understanding social manipulation -- the penalties of misunderstanding are relatively small, but they do add up until the money adds down.
- imakesnowflakes 11y agoExactly. This is one reason why things like this should begin from our homes. One cannot expect such measures to come from governments or such establishments, as they would naturally prefer people to be vulnerable to such tactics.