Transformers Movie Criticized For Martketing Towards Kids Too Young
Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 5:38 pm
An article on the entertainment section at TheStar.com has appeared about The Federal Trade Commission and guidelines for Marketing towards young children. The article states that the FTC is naming the Michael Bay Transformers movie as the focus of their complaint.
According to the star, the Federal Trade Commission is urging the Motion Picture Association of America to reconsider their guidelines that allow some PG-13 movies in the United States to be marketed towards young children. The issue was taken notice by the FTC after a complaint from an advocacy group that claimed that the movie was advertised towards childeren as young as two years of age. This conclusion was drawn after commercials for the movie was aired during kids shows like Fairly Odd Parents and Jimmy Neutron.
Read the full article here.
According to the star, the Federal Trade Commission is urging the Motion Picture Association of America to reconsider their guidelines that allow some PG-13 movies in the United States to be marketed towards young children. The issue was taken notice by the FTC after a complaint from an advocacy group that claimed that the movie was advertised towards childeren as young as two years of age. This conclusion was drawn after commercials for the movie was aired during kids shows like Fairly Odd Parents and Jimmy Neutron.
Read the full article here.