Alcohol advertising standards violations most common in magazines with youthful audiences Full Text
EurekAlert!, 08/10/2012
The content of alcohol ads placed in magazines is more likely to be in violation of industry guidelines if the ad appears in a magazine with sizable youth readership. Specific examples the researchers identified in the sample included advertising showing alcohol consumption near or on bodies of water, encouraging overconsumption, and providing messages supportive of alcohol addiction. In addition, nearly one in five ad occurrences contained sexual connotations or sexual objectification. Results also show ads were concentrated across type of alcohol, brand and outlet, with spirits representing about two–thirds of the sample, followed by ads for beer, which comprised almost another 30 percent.



