scholarly journals Virtual Junk Food Playgrounds in Europe: Advergames in the UK and Hungary

1970 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Arhlene A. Flowers ◽  
Katalin Lustyik ◽  
Emese Gulyás

Unhealthy foods and drinks are among the top products advertised to young children. Considering the growing childhood obesity epidemic and the soaring number of children accessing the Internet, even online junk food advertising has come under increasing scrutiny. Many countries are in the process of expanding and revising existing regulation to account for the realities of the digital age and to respond to health and other social concerns. This paper focuses on two European countries in particular to examine and compare these processes through the lens of junk food advergames aimed at children. Our questions are: 1) Given the differences in the media landscapes of the UK and Hungary, what types of junk food advergames target children?; and 2) In light of the growing childhood obesity problem faced by both nations, how have government bodies, advocacy groups, and advertisers approached junk food advertising targeting children in general and online advertising including advergames in particular? The United Kingdom represents a country with the highest Internet usage by children and the most developed online advertising market in Europe, while Hungary, a post-communist country, represents an emerging media market where young people have less access to the Internet and buying power but constitute a crucial “entry point” for food advertisers.

Author(s):  
Sarah Pedersen

Inspired by the media furore over ‘penis beaker gate’ (October 2013), this article investigates the discussion of sex on the UK parenting website Mumsnet. It asks why there was such shock at finding mothers discussing sexual matters online, what types of discussion related to sex can actually be found on Mumsnet and why women use Mumsnet to discuss these matters. It suggests that the Internet in general offers a new place for women to discuss and discover their sexuality and that Mumsnet in particular offers an interactive and anonymous forum for women whose needs in this area are not met by the mainstream media. On Mumsnet women seek advice and support from others in similar situations, attempt to establish ‘norms’ relating to sexual behaviour, and supplement information given by health professionals.


2008 ◽  
pp. 252 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sally Monaghan ◽  
Jeffrey Derevensky ◽  
Alyssa Sklar

With the proliferation and acceptance of gambling in society, gambling advertisements have become increasingly prominent. Despite attempts to protect minors from harm by prohibiting them from engaging in most forms of gambling, there are few restrictions on the marketing of gambling products. Evidence of high rates of gambling and associated problems amongst youth indicates that the issue of youth gambling must be addressed to minimise harm. This paper aims to examine the current marketing techniques used to promote gambling and how they affect youth. The effect of multiple forms of advertisements will be discussed, including advertising placement in the media, point-of-sale displays, sports sponsorship, promotional products, celebrity endorsements, advertisements using Internet and wireless technology, and content which may appeal to or mislead children. Based on research in gambling and other public health domains, including tobacco, alcohol, and junk food advertising, recommendations are made for appropriate regulations for gambling advertisements to minimise the potential harms.


2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-81
Author(s):  
Ляпина ◽  
Innara Lyapina ◽  
Блажко ◽  
Svetlana Blazhko

The process of media planning is the traditional means of transmitting information to advertisers, but the media planning on the Internet has its own characteristics, technologies and principles. The basic tools of media planning on the Internet are examined; the companies with experience in the planning of online advertising are characterized.


Author(s):  
Michelle Share ◽  
Perry Share

Set up against the background of increasing concerns in the Irish media and government discourses around a childhood obesity epidemic since the 2000s, this chapter critically unpicks the ways in which particular truths are created about childhood obesity by a complex range of institutional actors, and become the basis for interventions and actions targeted at particular groups. Specifically, it explores how data from the National Longitudinal Study of Children, Growing up in Ireland (GUI) has been used to construct a particular reality of the ‘problem’ of childhood obesity, grounded in an uncritical acceptance of medical norms and instruments (such as the Body Mass Index). This chapter points to the sheer complexity of both the institutional actors (medical and social scientists, policy makers, and the media), and types of knowledges, invoked in the problematisation of obesity, whilst also highlighting the limits of interventions that place responsibility for tackling the ‘risk’ of obesity at the feet of children, parents (and most specifically, mothers), and schools through individualised interventions to act on the behaviours and bodies of children.


Comunicar ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 13 (25) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Villar-Onrubia

This work reflects on the substantial change that has ocurred on the communicative models that were used in the past to establish the relationships between the media and the audience. These changes have to do with the development of the digital technologies and the consolidation of the Internet as a space of communication. In this sense, we explain the Creative Archive, a BBC project that has redefined the idea of «service» offered by the public televisions. This project aims to facilitate the access to «the archive» to the citizens of the UK through the Internet, everything under a proper legal framework based on the Creative Commons License. Los esquemas comunicativos sobre los que se construían hasta hace relativamente poco tiempo las relaciones entre los medios y sus audiencias, han sufrido una serie de transformaciones sustanciales que tienen que ver con la evolución de las tecnologías digitales y con la consolidación de Internet como espacio para la comunicación. En este contexto es posible llevar a cabo una redefinición de la idea de servicio ofrecido por las televisiones públicas. Y es en estas nuevas posibilidades, en las que se ha inspirado un proyecto piloto impulsado por la BBC bajo el nombre de Creative Archive. El objetivo de este archivo es facilitar el acceso a los ciudadanos del Reino Unido a todo este material a través de Internet; sin embargo, este proyecto redefine los límites de la noción de acceso y extiende ésta más allá de la mera posibilidad de poder visionar las obras en cualquier momento. El Creative Archive no define la relación de los telespectadores con los contenidos a partir de un consumo pasivo, sino que contempla la posibilidad de que éstos construyan nuevas obras a partir de estos materiales. En este sentido, el espectador se entiende como usuario más que como consumidor, ya que no sólo adopta un papel activo en lo que respecta a la elección de los contenidos que desea ver y al momento en que desea hacerlo, sino que tiene además la capacidad de crear a partir de dicho material, integrándolo en trabajos personales y desarrollando obras derivadas, siempre y cuando no esté motivado por un ánimo lucrativo. Esta amplia noción de acceso queda resumida con gran claridad en el lema del proyecto: «Find it, rip it, mix it, share it. Come and get it» (Encuéntralo, cópialo, mézclalo, compártelo. Ven y consíguelo). No obstante, para hacer realidad este proyecto no es sólo necesario disponer de un desarrollo tecnológico determinado, sino que es imprescindible contar con el marco legal apropiado. Para ello se ha desarrollado la Creative Archive License, una licencia propia que toma como punto de referencia las Creative Commons. Frente al «all rights reserved» (todos los derechos reservados) del copyright, la Creative Archive License establece un marco bastante más flexible, en el que se especifica qué se puede y qué no se puede hacer con el material contenido en el archivo. Algunas de las cláusulas más representativas de esta licencia establecen que es necesario citar siempre al titular de los derechos de una obra que se difunda tal cual, o de cualquier obra derivada a partir de ésta; queda prohibido cualquier uso de este archivo que no sea de carácter personal o educativo, es decir, no puede emplearse con usos comerciales; cualquier obra derivada debe distribuirse bajo la misma licencia; únicamente puede hacerse uso de este archivo en el Reino Unido. Como indicaba Dyke en el discurso de presentación del proyecto, los contenidos de este archivo no son de la BBC: «...este contenido no es en realidad nuestro, los ciudadanos de Gran Bretaña han pagado por él, y nuestra obligación es ayudarlos a que lo usen».


2019 ◽  
Vol 118 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-41
Author(s):  
Jung-Woo Lee ◽  
Seung-Cheon Kim ◽  
Sung-Hoon Kim ◽  
Jin-Ho Lim

Background/Objectives: In this study, research to improve efficiency of online advertising market, we would like to propose a new performance index called "Leakage Ratio" which can increase the efficiency of advertisement. Methods/Statistical analysis: Naver, the Internet portal site in Korea, is the most influential medium for online keyword search advertising. In this study, Leakage Ratio management is applied to online keyword search ads for five medium and large size online shopping malls at Naver. Based on the performance trend of each search keyword, we tried to improve the efficiency of the whole advertisement by changing the bid of the low efficiency keyword.


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