Inundated with Ads
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008I’m starting to realize that there must be a tipping point to advertisement. There must be a point where ads are so visible and omnipresent that they actually take away from the medium in which they’re delivered.
American Idol for instance. I don’t watch a lot of television, and I’ve never really been a huge fan of American Idol, but since David Cook is a local guy, I started to take interest in the last couple weeks of the show. During the few episodes I did watch, I started to notice the gratuitous placement of advertisements.
From the shows host rambling on about how great the iPhone is, to the three super-tall …





