On this day, people should relax and forget about the corporate mentality that consumers should spend every cent they have on everything they can get their hands on. The more money people spend, the more they support the ridiculous commercial notion that materials lead to happiness. Like the Magna Carta, this proposal lists the freedoms everyone is entitled to in terms of mass communication. However, corporate control of the media limits the messages communicated to those promoting commercial ideals. The mega-companies that fund the media are the only entities that benefit from this limitation of viewpoints.
Media literacy is an essential part of exposing the consumerist goals underlying media content.
The Yahoo search engine was an excellent guide to locating this website, and the search category on media and ethics offers a variety of links to many other pages for organizations with similar messages. The Adbusters web page provides thorough insight into the damaging effects of commercialism and the need for media literacy. People visiting the site also have an opportunity to subscribe to their magazine and access other links to literature on anti-consumerism. The website's only handicap is lack of credible sources, evidence and statistics to back up their positions. This is a fine point, however, that does not detract from the thoughtfulness of their claims and sincerity of their message.