Talk:Public service announcement
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[edit] Expansion
Should we work to expand this article and go into a bit more detail? For example, we could sort out PSAs into corporate made (G.I. Joe, plus a few others), Government (Public Information Films), Private, Religious, and others. Orville Eastland 13:41, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Forced to pay?
Does anybody know if stations are forced to play these things when they're made by the US government? The reason I'm asking is that I have heard talk radio shows that consistently advocate legalization of marijuana, yet in the commercial breaks run Partnership for a Drug-Free America anti-marijuana ads. Also I can't see why broadcasterswould run these sort of things at all, when they could otherwise fill up that ad slot with paid commercial advertising.
- Part of this is FCC requirements. Another part is fortax purposes. Or, the PSA makers may pay for the time. Orville Eastland 13:41, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] "Waste of tax money"
I suppose you can find a lot of occasions where PSAs are actually a waste, but saying "it is not plausible to expect the audiences targeted to changes their attitudes and/or actions following a short television or radio spot" is plain silly. If it did not work, there would not be the obnoxious amount of commercial advertisements we are all exposed to, not to mention how easily people of all countries believe government propaganda, provided it's effective enough. --Orzetto 21:36, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
- Plus, not all PSAs are made with tax money... Orville Eastland 13:41, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Image choice?
The graphic currently on the article is a bit...spicy for the subject of PSAs, isn't it? tregoweth 07:32, 8 November 2005 (UTC)
- The Soviets did a fine job of making it as non-spicy as possible. I'm a little worried that someone might take the advice given there seriously though ... Andjam 13:05, 16 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Unspoken averages
In my opinion, those types of commercials state something that would be like an averaged statistic. Though they would never say it would be on average anyway. (I'm just saying, there's little chance that one person might think it literal.) --Addict 2006 01:43, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
