Critically analyze a contemporary example of food advertising (and food advertisement: print, video, food packaging, social media) with the aim of assessing how the food industry influences nutrition and health.

Critically analyze a contemporary example of food advertising (and food advertisement: print, video, food packaging, social media) with the aim of assessing how the food industry influences nutrition and health. Using a food advertisement of your choice, please answer the following questions: What is the product and what company manufactures it? Is that company owned by one of the larger conglomerates? Please describe (or link if you wish) the advertisement. Give us some detail so we know what you saw and heard. What type of message does the advertisement seek to convey? Is this message misleading or deceptive in any way? Who is the intended audience? What are the symbols, metaphors, social or cultural meanings used to persuade the consumer to purchase the product? What assumptions are advertisers making when they utilize particular aspects of cultural knowledge? What patterns around food behavior or consumption are being prompted? How might this advertisement influence people’s behavior? Are these behaviors positive or negative? (Explain). What information about the food is missing in the advertisement? What sorts of messages (or assumptions) about gender, race, culture, or social class are being presented?