Advertising is an integral part of our lives. We meet with advertising at every step. Adults can, for the most part, distinguish and understand advertising, but what about children? How advertising influences children? Are they ready for it? The aim of this thesisis to introduce the concept of advertising, advertising history in our country, legislation and also analysis of the impact of advertising on children.The first part of this analysis is given to parents and seeing how they perceive advertising, respectively its impact on children. The second part of the thesis represents the analysis of the impact of advertising on children, in a breakdown by the given ages.The work is aimed at children up to seven years, mainly on children attending a kindergarten. These children are divided by age into three categories, namely children under three years old, children under five years of age and children under seven years of age. The conclusion of the thesis summarizes the findings of my own analysis and presents possible recommendations.

Advertising is everywhere around us. Every day a large amount of commercials and adverts is influencing us regardless of the fact whether it is from TV, the internet or magazines. We also can see advertising in shops and on the streets. Children are becoming a popular target of traders and therefore this thesis is focused on the impact of advertising on children. The goal of the thesis is to analyse the impact of advertising on children attending the primary school and the nursery school, then to find out how children perceive advertising and how they are influenced by it depending on their age and gender. The thesis is divided into two parts. The theoretical part concentrates on advertising, the consumer behaviour and the segmentation of the market. The last chapter focuses on the specifics of children´s segment, methods of addressing children and the end of this part is dedicated to the regulation of advertising in relation to children. The practical part concerns my own survey which was carried out in the form of group discussion with pres-chool children, questionnaire among pupils and online questionnaire among parents.

В выпускной квалификационной работе рассматривается механизм воздействия социальной рекламы и критерии ее коммуникативной эффективности. На примере проекта «Все равно?!» продемонстрированы возможности социальной рекламы в привлечении внимания широких слоев общественности к актуальным социальным проблемам. / In the final qualifying work, the mechanisms of the impact of social advertising and the criteria for its communicative effectiveness are considered. On the example of the project “Vse ravno?!” the possibilities of social advertising in attracting the attention of the general public to pressing social problems are demonstrated.

Reklama savo ištakas skaičiuoja jau penkis amžius. Per šį laiką jos funkcija ir išvaizda smarkiai pasikeitė. Šiandieninėje visuomenėje reklama žmogų seka visur ir visada, maža to, mokslininkai kuria modernias išmaniasias reklamas, galinčias atpažinti žmogų ir taikytis prie jo. Pastebint, kad pagrindiniu marketingo specialistų tikslu tampa ne informatyvi, o poveikį daranti reklama, verta sunerimti. Paskutiniais dešimtmečiais reklamos kūrėjai Vakarų šalyse ir Lietuvoje pradėjo skatinti vartotojišką meterialiąją visuomenę, lengvai pasiduodančią reklamos įtakai. Kai kurie specialistai reklamą apibūdina kaip suaugusiųjų sukurtą kalbą. Suaugę žmonės dažnai sugeba kritiškai pažiūrėti į reklamą, jiems lengviau nesusigundyti jos agitacijomis. Tuo tarpu vaikai prieš reklamą tampa bejėgiais. Tam tikrame amžiuje jie nesugeba atskirti realaus pasaulio nuo reklamoje kuriamos pasakos ir taip patenka į reklamos spąstus. Vartotojiškos visuomenės paplitimas tarp vaikų labai pavojingas jų raidai ir nuostatų formavimuisi. Nors Lietuvoje ir sukurta įstatyminė bazė, turinti prižiūrėti reklamos kokybę bei kriterijus, atlikti tyrimai rodo, kad reklama vaikams dažnai kuriama nesilaikant įstatymų. Kyla poreikis ugdyti jaunųjų vartotojų kritinį požiūrį į reklamą ir mokyti juos atskirti reklamoje vaizduojamas metaforas bei suprasti reklamos kalbą. Specialistai teigia, jog dažniausiai žmonės klysta ten, kur nežino. Vaikus supažindinus su reklamos pasauliu ir juose ugdant kritinį požiūrį į reklamą... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / The origin of advertising counts for five centuries. During this time the function and appearance of advertising has changed a lot. In today’s society everywhere and always advertising follows person, even more, scientists create modern smart advertisings, which can recognize person and adapt to him. Noting that the main purpose of marketing professionals become not informative, but effective advertising, it is worth to concern. In recent decades, in Western countries and Lithuania advertisers began promote consumer-oriented and material society, which easily submits to advertising. Some experts describe advertising as speech generated by adults. Often adult manage to look at advertising critically, it is easier not to tempt adults with agitations of advertising. Meanwhile children become powerless. At a certain age they are not able to distinguish real world from a fairy tale so they fall into the trap of advertising. Popularity of consumer-oriented society among children is very dangerous for their development and the formation of the provisions. Although in Lithuania there is legitimate framework, which has to look after quality and criterion of advertising, studies show that advertising for children is often built outside the law. There is a need to educate young consumers critical approach to advertising and to teach them to distinguish between metaphors portrayed in advertising and understand the language of advertising. Specialists state that people usually make... [to full text]