Media Culture

Nowadays, children seem to be marketed to from all angles. Commercials, Internet, Plug-Ins and so much more are all things used to sell kids products. It is strange to think that these advertisements are the reason I look up to some characters, or prefer one brand over another. It is difficult to think of how my values could have been affected due to many things seen on TV. The debate really becomes controversial when you ask whether these children are old enough to understand it. I don't think that they have the ability to acknowledge they are being advertised to and therefore is forced to be manipulated by characters that they look up to. It is a sad truth that kids are being subjected to constant bombardment from birth to death, by media culture in all shapes and forms. I wonder what the world may be like if there weren't such constant barrage? How our minds could potentially develop differently  based on time to develop its' own opinion about the world, instead of being swayed a certain way from birth.