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Consumer alert.(pbskids.org/dontbuyit)(Brief article)
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Do you get the urge to bite into a fast-food burger when you see a poster showing the food? Do you use fictional TV characters as role models to determine what kind of person you want to be? If so, check out http:// pbskids.org/dontbuyit. This Web site teaches you how to get media smart. Through a variety of factoids, activities, and quizzes, the site exposes techniques advertisers use to make food look enticing in ads, reveals the gap between what life is like in the real world versus what is shown on TV, and helps explain the fine print on store packages.
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Source: HighBeam Research, Consumer alert.(pbskids.org/dontbuyit)(Brief article)