A content analysis of appeals in food advertisements for children on online TV streaming

The increasing number of obese children has doubled over the past two decades and represents a major public health problem everywhere in the world. This problem is escalated with easy Internet access, where online TV programming with unrestrained food advertisements are easily available to children...

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Main Authors: Fong, Belinda Fong Chong *, Izzal, A. Z.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: School of Media and Communication, Taylor's University Malaysia 2019
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description The increasing number of obese children has doubled over the past two decades and represents a major public health problem everywhere in the world. This problem is escalated with easy Internet access, where online TV programming with unrestrained food advertisements are easily available to children. Recognising the increasing purchasing power of children, food marketers are now focusing on this cohort as a profitable target group. While previous studies have examined food advertisements that target children and how these affect their food choices, this study goes one step further by identifying major forms of persuasive appeals utilised by the food marketers in such advertisements. Using content analysis to study advertisements targeting children on Internet TV streaming via children’ channels, this study identified 21 emotional appeals and 15 rational appeals employed by food marketers in their advertisements. The findings of this study show that children are more susceptible to the emotional contents of the advertisements, (where it appeals to the children’s emotional desires) rather than the rational quality of the advertisements (where the logic of health and nutrition claims are not salient concerns).
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spelling sunway-17642021-05-24T07:12:40Z http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/1764/ A content analysis of appeals in food advertisements for children on online TV streaming Fong, Belinda Fong Chong * Izzal, A. Z. BF Psychology HM Sociology The increasing number of obese children has doubled over the past two decades and represents a major public health problem everywhere in the world. This problem is escalated with easy Internet access, where online TV programming with unrestrained food advertisements are easily available to children. Recognising the increasing purchasing power of children, food marketers are now focusing on this cohort as a profitable target group. While previous studies have examined food advertisements that target children and how these affect their food choices, this study goes one step further by identifying major forms of persuasive appeals utilised by the food marketers in such advertisements. Using content analysis to study advertisements targeting children on Internet TV streaming via children’ channels, this study identified 21 emotional appeals and 15 rational appeals employed by food marketers in their advertisements. The findings of this study show that children are more susceptible to the emotional contents of the advertisements, (where it appeals to the children’s emotional desires) rather than the rational quality of the advertisements (where the logic of health and nutrition claims are not salient concerns). School of Media and Communication, Taylor's University Malaysia 2019 Article PeerReviewed text en cc_by_nc_4 http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/1764/1/Belinda%20Fong%20Content%20analysis.pdf Fong, Belinda Fong Chong * and Izzal, A. Z. (2019) A content analysis of appeals in food advertisements for children on online TV streaming. SEARCH Journal of Media and Communication Research, 11 (1). pp. 113-136. ISSN 2672 7080 http://search.taylors.edu.my/default.htm
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HM Sociology
Fong, Belinda Fong Chong *
Izzal, A. Z.
A content analysis of appeals in food advertisements for children on online TV streaming
title A content analysis of appeals in food advertisements for children on online TV streaming
title_full A content analysis of appeals in food advertisements for children on online TV streaming
title_fullStr A content analysis of appeals in food advertisements for children on online TV streaming
title_full_unstemmed A content analysis of appeals in food advertisements for children on online TV streaming
title_short A content analysis of appeals in food advertisements for children on online TV streaming
title_sort content analysis of appeals in food advertisements for children on online tv streaming
topic BF Psychology
HM Sociology
url http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/1764/
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http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/1764/1/Belinda%20Fong%20Content%20analysis.pdf