How Food Marketing on Instagram Shapes Adolescents' Food Preferences: Online Randomized Trial.

Marie A Bragg Samina Lutfeali Tenay Greene Jessica Osterman Madeline Dalton

Published in: Journal of medical Internet research (2021)

Adolescents incorrectly identified traditional ads as Instagram posts, suggesting the artistic appearance of social media ads may not be perceived as marketing. Further, the mere presence of Instagram features caused adolescents to rate food ads more positively than ads without Instagram features.

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social media
young adults
physical activity
health information
mental health
depressive symptoms
climate change