During an ordinary day in Hundred Acre Woods, Winnie the Pooh sets out to find some honey. Misinterpreting a note from Christopher Robin, Owl convinces Tigger, Rabbit, Piglet, Pooh, Kanga, Roo, and Eeyore that a creature named “Backson” has captured their young friend and they set out to save him. That is the plot to the beloved story of the Winnie the Pooh. Winnie the Pooh, like many other childhood stories such as Rugrats and Little Mermaid, have subliminal messages hidden within them that ranges from psychological disordered of the characters to sexual innuendos. When we were children we saw past the subliminal messaging but at we get older we look at the cartoons we treasured and realized just how many funny yet disturbing hidden messages there were. Today, we are going to talk about what subliminal messaging it, the many examples of it, and how it impacts society and us. …show more content…
Subliminal messages are images, words, or sounds that appear in television, radio, ads, or music that is usually ignored by the conscious brain and goes beyond the level of conscious perception. The idea of these messages has been around since the 19th century but by the 20th century the use of these messages in ads was considered standard fare. Usually it was a visual message where something would pop up on screen for a fraction of a second that would subconsciously convince the viewer to act in a certain way. People became afraid that subliminal messages could be used to brainwash themselves and by the 1970s the US Federal Communication Commission banned the use of subliminal messages in advertisements. The ban, however, was only for advertisements and it did not affect the world of film or music. There have been many debates whether subliminal messaging actually works and it has a lot to do with how you interpret