said by exocet_cm:Marketing, at least for me, has "programmed" me to behave a certain way. For example, when watching a television show and the program I'm watching leaves for a commercial break, I hit the mute button on the remote. It is second nature for me as I usually don't even realize it, so I guess ads have had an effect on me, not the desired effect the ad creators want I assume.
My BeyondTV automatically highlights the commercials in the playback progress bar which allows me to skip over commercials with a simple push of the "fast-forward" button.
Rarely do I pay attention to ads on the interstate (billboards). The ones I do look at I analyze how that particular ad is targeted at a particular group of people (age, gender, race, cultural, etc...).
I, like you, tend to ignore ads and have sometimes said i will not buy a product due to their marketing sometimes. If it annoys me or I find the advertisement offensive, I will not buy that product.
