The Pros And Cons Of Advertisements

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During our lifetimes, most people will buy a variety of products thousands of times. However, do you believe that you buy these things effectively most of the time? How do you decide to buy some products? Generally speaking, most people are influenced in their buying habits by advertisements. I also have bought many products because of the advertising. Ads are designed to target specific consumer by showing the extraordinarily value of the product. In particular, some ads can greatly increase consumers’ desire to buy the product. In other words, when creating the advertisements, sellers often use some sensational or unique scenes. Advertisements are a form of visual argument (Rogers). As for looking at those advertisements, we will have seen numerous kinds of advertisements. By the way, many advertisements often include some beautiful models in them. For instance, I found an ad on Google about alcohol (Budweiser beer) that used sexual connotations with a sexy woman model, as alcohol is very common in our lives. When I pulled up this one ad, I could see many other kinds of ads also like that one I have just described. It is not easy to sell products merely by only putting them in a store. Many consumers also are …show more content…

However, techniques like this do not always receive positive views. In my case, I view this technique negatively. I am opposed to this tactic that is often used to sell products. If more advertisements like this are created, it could well lead to more people being drunk. If this happens, it would encourage the baser instincts in men and, as a result, more crime would happen. For example, people will get drunk if they keep drinking beyond their physical capacity. In addition, many men when they get drunk want to have a night with a woman in a room, which would result in doing immoral deeds with the woman. Thus, lots of women would become victims. Accidents like this happen

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