The way that society pushes the concept of normal through advertising proves how humanity looks to the media on how to act, because of how the media pushes their false idea of good onto consumers. To begin, this industry manipulates how individuals view themselves and others on what should be normal. The extent of this outside force upon individuals spreads from coast to coast, day and night, year round. Women, with body image. Teenagers, with fitting in. Both groups feel required to contend with being told who to be and how to act, “general ethical issues of the advertising industry… (1) that advertising equates the pursuit of material gain... (2) that advertising pushes its own values, artificial or false as they may be, as to what is ‘good’ for the consumer; (3) that
The way that society pushes the concept of normal through advertising proves how humanity looks to the media on how to act, because of how the media pushes their false idea of good onto consumers. To begin, this industry manipulates how individuals view themselves and others on what should be normal. The extent of this outside force upon individuals spreads from coast to coast, day and night, year round. Women, with body image. Teenagers, with fitting in. Both groups feel required to contend with being told who to be and how to act, “general ethical issues of the advertising industry… (1) that advertising equates the pursuit of material gain... (2) that advertising pushes its own values, artificial or false as they may be, as to what is ‘good’ for the consumer; (3) that