Dr Media

Dr. Media: One tablespoon of propaganda.

Advertising is a prominent feature of modern advertising. Consumers encounter advertising messages as they watch TV, read magazines, listen to the radio, explorer the internet, or just walking down the street. If you add in that the average American is subjected to 1500 advertisements per day, be prepared to ask your sub-conscious for a little clarity on why your perception is warped into eating McDonald’s in a Mercedes on your way to work, or your living room if you work from home. You can say it’s pretty much out of the question for an average American to ride a bike to the super market for fresh fruits, in any circumstance. What’s wrong with that picture? Typically nothing, but if you multiply it to be a fraction of 302 Million people it leads to more controversial issues like obesity, hypertension, and diabetes just to name a few. More importantly, America was invented on basic fundamentals such as freedom, opportunity and strives for capitalism. And evolved today as in-debt, poverty, sick and now fat however America still remains today as the world’s most elite country. The collection of advertising in its form of propaganda can be compared to as a plague or virus that capitalizes on humanity through advertising, manipulating the way an individual thinks about their products. The magnitude of its strengths displays negative effects on human health and is implanted to you and your society at birth and is broadcasted too until death.

The number 1 health epidemic surfacing in American happens to be narrowed down to overweight and obesity. To gain a grasp of this, consider 20 years ago every state reported to be fewer than 14% obesity. Now it’s reported to be a national average of 25% obesity, which just happens to be the percentage of population that eats fast food every day, contributing to the American budget of 100 billion spent on fast food every year. To put all this in a perspective capsule, the American... [continues]

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