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School, family and church all have an effect on teenagers, but nothing will ever measure up to the effect that advertising has on our nation's youth. The advertisements
target our youth by way of radio, television and newspaper. Advertisers use special tactics to persuade youth to buy their products.
With the ever growing world of mass media becoming more accessible to children, we must realize the effect advertising has on the youth of today. Multiple television sets are commonplace in today's homes. "Today, at least one television set is in 98.2% of American households." (Television Bureau of Advertising, 2001) Television viewing is no longer a family activity. "Fifty-six percent of thirteen to seventeen year olds have a television set in their bedrooms." (Gentile & Walsh, 2002) Advertising reaches more and more people every year.
Children spend more time watching television than any other activity except sleeping. "By age 18, the average American teenager will have......

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