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Media and Travel have been a good combination for the past few years. There was a time that the country's tourism has decreased because of inappropriate advertising, posting of posters and flashing of commercials in televisions. There were times that they released three slogans that did not even work, and lowered the development rate of the country's tourism. Foreigners did not want to go to the Philippines because of those advertisements. They saw the bad side of the country and was not able to see good part of it. It went down dramatically that the Philippines lost a big amount of reputation and some kind of profit. The year came that a slogan changed the game and the tourism of the country increased dramatically in a way that more foreigners came and actually gave a good feedback about the tourist spots of the country. Some of those people have not been in the Philippines yet. They just heard about it and actually bit the opportunity to try and go for it. "Its more fun in the Philippines" this is the tagline that captured the eyes and hearts of the people. People who are wanting to go to the country for a long time but was hesitating to try because of the so called slogans that were supposed to attract the people rather than push them away. The new tagline was really impressive. And it comes eith different videos and pictures of the beautiful tourist spots in the country. With that style of advertising, it attracted alot of foreigners and pushed them to visit. The country's tourism since then started to boom and foreigners kept on coming back because they discovered places that they have not seen before. It's definitely a new experience for them and their families. According to a survey posted online, foreigners felt really secured. They said that the poeple's culture were so unique that they loved it. They even liked filipino food. To conclude, not all advertisements will always hit people and get them. People are smart. They think before they act and do something that they arent sure of. People should always try to understand and get the taste and hearts of other people for them to benefit and not just waste millions for advertisements.

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Media and food consumption has made a big impact on people's lives especially the younger ones. People are exposed to different kinds of media and advertisements on a daily basis when they go out, watch tv, walk along streets and see posters and billboards. Over 60 percent of advertisements are produced by the food industry including beverages of different kinds. These advertisements greatly impact the lives of young children and how they spend their everyday living and everyday routine. Food industries spend over a million dollars just to produce ads for their company to sell and develop their market. Companies would not spend millions if their ads do not work at all. This is very evident nowadays because people are being greatly affected by those advertisements and buy the things they see on billboards and tv. According to an article contributed by Felix (2010), The purpose of advertising is generally to introduce a product, reinforce familiarity with a product, and/or convince purchase of the product. 

There are many concerns regarding the issue on how media affects food consumption. This boils down on how children consume unhealthy food and live an unhealthy lifestyle without even minding what food they consume. This affects the concern over the increasing rate of obesity and other illnesses caused by an unhealthy lifestyle. "Research demonstrates that children's food preferences are acquired through learning processes, and that these preferences have long-lasting effects on diet." (Harris & Bargh, n.d.). Researchers have examined food preferences and eating behaviors among children and college students. In line with past studies among young children, media (television advertisements) continues to promote and predict unhealthy food preferences and diet until they reach adulthood. In addition to this research, both television and parenting have greatly influenced food preferences and unhealthy diet. 

 Nowadays, a lot of people post what they eat in social networking sites like facebook, twitter, and instagram. Mostly people post the food they eat on instagram not to show people that they eat this or that, but because they are affected of media and they feel like they need to post things that they do or eat. Before, people pray before eating but now, people take pictures of the food that they are about to eat. Eating habits have changed dramatically and rapidly over the years. Nowadays, the number of overweight and obese people have increased as well as the number of people dying because of those illnesses. According an article posted by webb and whitney (2008), consumers today value convinience highly that they are willing to spend their money on prepared food rather than fresh food. People regularly eat out instead of cooking food at home, or have prepared food delivered to their house. Again, this is caused by media which promotes unhealthy lifestyle through tv commercials. 

 Television, advertisements, posters, billboards, and such are responsible for the majority of unhealthy eating habits today. According to Sampur and King (2011), television is the primary media influence on children. In line with this, children are more curious with the things they see on social media. It has been estimated that children adults have watched 11,000-15,000 hours of television compared spending 11,000 hours inside the classroom. Hours in front of television are made significant to eating habits by the number of advertisements and commercials produced within the time. 

 To conclude, majority of unhealthy living and food preferences are caused by the media. Because of the media, people especially children are influenced by what they see and they tend to get what they see. With that kind of behavior, they are affected by the effects of the kind of lifestyle they live in. People die because of these advertisements because they choose to follow the trend. Majority of the deaths are caused by heart attacks due to obesity and strokes because of high fat consumption. With the issues being talked about, people should choose to live a healthy and fit lifestyle instead of just following a trend.

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Duterte still going strong amidst being called “Womanizer”

The video linked above is known to be a leaked video of Duterte last 2015 which shows that he already planned to run for presidency back then. This video was posted by “Mugstoria” on the famous website youtube which is known for its wide video sharing across the world. Since the presidential elections is very near—with only 1 and a half months left to decide which one of the candidates is worthy, this video was posted in order for the citizens of the Philippines to get brief knowledge on what projects or improvements Duterte have done for his current governing city, Davao.

 This video was narrated by the Davao’s very own Duterte himself. He talked about how much Davao has improved and what laws he implemented when he became the Mayor of Davao City. The way he presented himself to the public may not really be notable to some like how Risa Hontiveros’ “Alampay” political ad has been giving us LSS (Last Song Syndrome) or like how Binay’s ad appeals to the people by relating himself to the less fortunate. However, his statements is based on facts. He gave us concrete examples on how we, the citizens of the Philippines, would want our country to be like.

 In the recent Presidential debate held last February 21, 2016, Sunday, in Cagayan de Oro City, Presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte still leads the social media poll made by Rappler with 2,675 votes followed by Santiago with 798, Roxas with 736, Poe with 520, and at the last rank, Binay with 78 total calculated votes.

 In this debate, Duterte emphasized on a corruption-free, crime-free Philippines. However, people find it very ironic since he is known for being an iron fist himself. He has been linked to many deaths of criminals. Although after everything he has been accused of, people still choose to trust and believe in his capabilities of running for Presidency.

 His recent scandal is of him being a womanizer. He has been seen and caught by many people kissing and hugging multiple women. This alarmed feminist groups in the Philippines since they are now questioning his ability to run the government while being linked to multiple women.

 Now let’s say this, will his attraction to women change his platform? Or will you still choose a thief for a President?