This manages to skirt the issue of selling unhealthy food to kids on air, since the world of app stores and Internet games remains almost completely unregulated by the government (and the parent or child has to choose to download the advertisement, effectively). Instead of buying expensive cartoon ad time, the WSJ reports, more and more food companies are making fun, addictive games that suck kids in like chocolate-covered tractor beams. And, as they do, junk food ad men are picking up on the trends. Now it's hard to go an entire course without seeing a kid playing with a smartphone, a tablet, or something else that glows. Gone are the days when you'd bring the family to a restaurant, give your kid a picture book to keep him occupied at dinner, and hope for the best.
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