Of course, it reinforces the fact that domination through violence is accepted and even admired as an interpersonal and international value. It's well-documented that media influences our cultural values, our understanding of gender, our fears, our sense of beauty, and so on.
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Replying to @carolynmichelle
even though there has been study after study by various organisations and universities to prove that it doesn't.
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Replying to @advancedflea
Really?! People didn't start avoiding the beach in droves after the release of Jaws? Kids of Indian and South Asian descent didn't have widespread experiences of being mocked as "Apu" and "Jafar" in the 90s?
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Replying to @carolynmichelle @advancedflea
The presence of humanized trans characters in stuff like Transparent and Orange Is the New Black isn't helping contribute to a marginally less transphobic culture? Advertising hasn't made cigarette smoking seem "cool" to young people?
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Replying to @carolynmichelle
your point about advertising cigarettes is going to miss it's mark here because i'm English. We are not allowed to advertise cigarettes over here and anywhere that we sell cigarettes, even the packets them selves have to have stuff like "smoking kills" plastered all over them
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Replying to @advancedflea
And the reason that your country has had the good sense to ban cigarette advertising is because, like all media, they can have TREMENDOUS INFLUENCE.
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Replying to @carolynmichelle
No it's because the government of this country think that sweeping a problem under the rug is the best way to deal with it, and that you kill weeds by cutting off the leaves.
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Replying to @advancedflea
I guarantee you that thousands of people who would otherwise die of cancer won't because of the ban on cigarette advertising. That seems like a good enough reason to me.
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Replying to @carolynmichelle
this is from 12 months after the ban on advertising cigarettes. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3485071.stm … and this is 11 years later http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-31819352 … both saying that the difference has been modest at very best.
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Replying to @advancedflea
You can’t measure something that doesn’t happen, but I suspect that without these measures being taken this 8% would have remained somewhat higher.pic.twitter.com/tqvz07mkLS
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A historically documented example of advertising having a tremendous impact on cultural perceptions (and making cigarette manufacturers tons of money in the process). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torches_of_Freedom …
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