This study analyzed the social image of children from the 1960s to 1990s in the Dong-A
Ilbo advertising. The 7,760 representative ad samples were used for the purpose of this
study. The findings were as follows: 1) The number of advertising related to children
was similar in the 1960s and 1970s and it dramatically increased in the 1990s. 2) Drug
advertising was the most frequent from the 1960s until the 1980s. The advertising of
english instruction for young children emerged in the 1990s. 3) Young children, especially
boys were mostly the model in advertising from the 1960s to the 1990s. 4) Advertising
content focused on the role of the mother in early childhood education.