Essential Question:

How do I make choices about what's on my plate?

How much importance is placed on advertising to influence our various choices?

1.Overall advertising revenues(U.S) for 2005 totalled $12.5 billion which shows just how much importance and reliance major companies place on advertising and influence



2.In 2006, the amount of money spent on advertising was upped 10% to $140 billion dollars in the United States alone.

3. In 2007, spending on advertising was estimated at more than $150 billion in the United States and $385 bullion worldwide which shows a steady increase in the amount of money spent on advertising over the years.


4. 72% of advertisers renew their ads monthly because of successful or bad results.


5. A company recently conducted a survey and found that place mat advertising yeilds many more results than newspaper, radio, tv and even billboard advertising put together; and costs only about 1/10 of the price.


6. In the 1960's, average advertisements ran for about 1 minute whereas currently the average ad runs for 15-30 seconds

all these facts and statistics show just how much large companies rely on influencing peoples decisions.

Thursday, October 28, 2010

What age is advertising directed to?

According to my research, i have found that most advertisers try to aim their advertisements to people between the ages of: 2-7, 8-12 and 13-17 year olds as they have found that these are the ages that are most prone to advertisements during the week.
Ziyaad
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  1. IffyOctober 28, 2010 at 12:30 PM

    you are totally right ziy. great job keep posting.

    you need more info to really interest people, but you only just started so you are doing prettywell

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