Some think public-health messages aimed at gay men do not apply to them.
Twitter users sent out abusive messages aimed at the James Turner Street residents.
Printing is cheaper and faster; more importantly, digital presses can run off messages aimed at specific voters.
Most of the picket signs at both locations had messages aimed at Viacom, the parent company of Comedy Central.
That is particularly true, Ms. Rideout said, when parents are overwhelmed by the volume of marketing messages aimed at children.
"The ads brim with messages aimed at tickling the libidinous male instincts and portrayal of women as lustily hankering after men".
The researchers called this phenomenon "the Australian Paradox," and it suggested, they argued, that public health messages aimed at sugar intake might not do much to curtail obesity.
The findings suggest that aggressive anti-obesity messages aimed at children may be starting to make a difference, albeit a small one.
Improving his standing among female voters is critical to his chances for victory, aides said, and Mr. Romney amplified a steady theme of messages aimed at women.
The most chilling view was that of Earl Pike, executive director of the AIDS Task Force of Cleveland, who criticized the "prevention messages aimed at black men".
As a result, the Queensland government opened a flu clinic on the island, created health messages aimed at Aborigines and sent extra supplies of drugs and equipment.
