[kldx]

How are TV ads any different from MDG posters or the AP ads at bus stops? We allow the latter in Norway and they're not that much cheaper than TV ads.

[matsemann]

They're different as in a video can influence you much stronger than a poster. But maybe you misunderstood me, my point was that the way we have it today isn't necessarily good either. Just curious about how one can give people good information, without it being too inflammatory, and without making an election a race about who has the most money.

[kldx]

No, I agree with your remark completely but I'm still ambivalent about the tradeoff.

We agree there should at least be one medium of advertising for political parties. But where do we draw the line?

For instance, I would be happy with making all ads plain text, standard font and size so that the ads won't abuse human attention by showing bright colors, happy images etc.

[anigbrowl]

Reasoning being that live images can have a huge influence

[kldx]

Adding some context here - TBane stations (the subway) in Oslo have posters that show live videos - usually static images with dynamic attention-grabbing effects but sometimes full blown videos too.