Ad Nauseam 1 & 2

Ad Nauseam describes how advertisements have evolved over the decades to best cater to the most prevalent mode of thinking. From practical reasoning to sexual suggestion, it seems as thought advertising could morph to encourage any facet of the population. We must be careful because surely the media is evolving still to target those of us who resist with all our might.
The example of the man who is obsessed with Ariel should liven our senses to the power the media can have if we allow it control our lives. Luckily for him, he is attracted to a virtuous character, but what about those who find their idols in violent, angry and unforgiving character. There are numerous instances of children who perform acts of violence and then attribute them to television shows and media icons who glamorize such atrocities.
What is twisted is that the media will play upon its sickening level of influence if it is in a profitable arena. Consider the line of Baby Einstein merchandise that claims to enrich a developing brain through television stimulus paired with classical music. While the claims turned out to be false and the company succeeded in tricking many parents into believing that media is a makeshift teacher/parent.