Companies spend millions each year on advertising online in magazines and on billboards. These advertisements can encourage people to buy things that they do not need. What are the positive and negative side effects of consumerism?

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Nowadays, companies are spending

vast amount

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vast amounts

a vast amount

of money behind

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the advertisement

of their

prodcts

commodities offered for sale

product

. Adverts are medium to attract

specific group

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specific groups

to buy products manufactured by

organization

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an organization

the organization

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, due to

influence

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the influence

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advertisements consumers tend to buy unnecessary products many times, it leads to

consumerism

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. I will discuss positive and negative effects of

consumerism

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in ensuring paragraphs. One of the advantages of the

consumerism

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is social development. In a consumeristic

society

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, consumers are able to purchase products effortlessly as

rivals

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rival

companies running behind strain of market economy. Companies launching high quality products and adverts them by internet, TV commercials, covert advertising, newspaper, magazines, telemarketing and so on, which enable customers to have many alternatives to choose from.

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constant broadcasting

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the constant broadcasting

at products of various companies

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as eBay,

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Mira

and Shein on TV and social media help me to compare quality and price of products before

make

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making

an order.

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, in a

society

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high in

consumerism

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, social status of people significantly improves.

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consumerism

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leads to environmental degradation since people are more likely to throw away the products rather than reuse them. In a consumerist

society

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, advertisements not only target audience to purchase products which are unnecessary, but

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, force them to dispose products very frequently.

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, the culture of disposing items alarmingly increasing of non-

biogradable

capable of being decomposed by e.g. bacteria

biodegradable

products

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as metal, plastic and

radio-active

exhibiting or caused by radioactivity

radioactive

materials.

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, extremely high waste disposal in western countries

has grown

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grew

in significance over the

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decades due to their easy

availablity

the quality of being at hand when needed

availability

of products coupled with eye-catching advertisements.

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suggests that the

being nothing more than specified

mere

availability of products, the worse the impact on

environment

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the environment

. In conclusion, advertisements help companies

to boost

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boost

their sales and attracts the customers even though they lead

society

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to select the best products and services. Unfortunately, negative impact on

environment

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the environment

cannot be overlooked.

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Companies spend millions each year on advertising online in magazines and on billboards. These advertisements can encourage people to buy things that they do not need. What are the positive and negative side effects of consumerism?

Your opinion

People should stop using their mobile phones when they are with other people. How much do you agree with this opinion and why? Give reasons and examples to support your answer.

The use of violence in music lyrics, video games and films seen by children is causing concern in many societies. What problems may be caused by this type of violent imagery, and what steps could be taken to lessen the impact on young people?

Some prents buy their children a large number of toys to play with. What are the advantages and disadvantages for the child of having a large number of toys ?

You have bought some clothing online and are not satisfied with your purchase. Write a letter to the company that you bought the clothing from. In your email -give details of the purchase -describe the problem -explain why you need a replacement urgently