Attitudes of Indonesian Mothers towards Children’s Advertising for Food”, Journal of Food Product Marketing

Advertising directed toward children is a controversial issue with growing concerns from parents around the world, including emerging markets such as Indonesia. The reasons for its negative effects include that such advertising could lead to materialism, parent–child conflict, and feelings of unhapp...

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Main Author: Lanasier, Evi
Format: Journal Article
Published: Routledge 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/24854
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description Advertising directed toward children is a controversial issue with growing concerns from parents around the world, including emerging markets such as Indonesia. The reasons for its negative effects include that such advertising could lead to materialism, parent–child conflict, and feelings of unhappiness. In particular, advertising by food companies is a target for criticism due to concerns about unhealthy food and childhood obesity. This article reports on the findings of a number of focus groups of Indonesian mothers to obtain an indication of the mothers’ ethical judgment toward such advertising. The results identify reasons why the mothers found particular advertisements to be unethical and ways advertisements can improve their message. From the responses, some important issues are raised that would be of interest to international advertisers.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-248542017-09-13T15:12:59Z Attitudes of Indonesian Mothers towards Children’s Advertising for Food”, Journal of Food Product Marketing Lanasier, Evi focus groups attitudes to advertising Indonesia Advertising directed toward children is a controversial issue with growing concerns from parents around the world, including emerging markets such as Indonesia. The reasons for its negative effects include that such advertising could lead to materialism, parent–child conflict, and feelings of unhappiness. In particular, advertising by food companies is a target for criticism due to concerns about unhealthy food and childhood obesity. This article reports on the findings of a number of focus groups of Indonesian mothers to obtain an indication of the mothers’ ethical judgment toward such advertising. The results identify reasons why the mothers found particular advertisements to be unethical and ways advertisements can improve their message. From the responses, some important issues are raised that would be of interest to international advertisers. 2014 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/24854 10.1080/10454446.2014.885870 Routledge restricted
spellingShingle focus groups
attitudes to advertising
Indonesia
Lanasier, Evi
Attitudes of Indonesian Mothers towards Children’s Advertising for Food”, Journal of Food Product Marketing
title Attitudes of Indonesian Mothers towards Children’s Advertising for Food”, Journal of Food Product Marketing
title_full Attitudes of Indonesian Mothers towards Children’s Advertising for Food”, Journal of Food Product Marketing
title_fullStr Attitudes of Indonesian Mothers towards Children’s Advertising for Food”, Journal of Food Product Marketing
title_full_unstemmed Attitudes of Indonesian Mothers towards Children’s Advertising for Food”, Journal of Food Product Marketing
title_short Attitudes of Indonesian Mothers towards Children’s Advertising for Food”, Journal of Food Product Marketing
title_sort attitudes of indonesian mothers towards children’s advertising for food”, journal of food product marketing
topic focus groups
attitudes to advertising
Indonesia
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/24854