some people say that advertising is extremely successful at persuading us to buy things, other people think that advertising is so common that we no longer pay attention to it. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.

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now common knowledge that the advert of goods and services is a simple way of encouraging many to purchase wares, while others are of the notion that commercials have no impact on their choice of merchandise.
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am of the opinion that these notices on wares impact our choices to a large extent. The advent of a new commodity brought to our notice either via social media ,
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or other means directly or indirectly influence or choices , as these items are registered in our subconscious.
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, when we go to the market place, we
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iased mind and pick goods we recently came in contact with. Commercials
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have an effect on the little children as they are easily impressionable with the colourful and glamorous scheme the companies employ. Children enforce parents to get a particular brand they were recently exposed to.
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, a child who saw an advert of kiddies chocolate would immediately pick it up at any given opportunity and cry until its paid for.
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the persuasive effect of promotion on the mind, its an indirect approach which is highly productive.
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ignored entirely by some marketers because brands are promoted rather than
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uality of products. A number of times,
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been found that the
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of items have been compromised, but remain in the market because of high demands following sales.
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, shea butter cream which had no place in the social media in the
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poor
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. A number of junk food, cigarette and alcohol are
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put in the media , these promote bad choices in children,
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parents may decide to put a ban on
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dvert in homes. In conclusion, my opinion
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,commercials bring
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awareness of goods and services to our doorstep,
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the pressure to be biased in the marketplace.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • persuade
  • promote
  • attract
  • influence
  • impact
  • consumerism
  • commercialism
  • market
  • product
  • brand
  • endorsement
  • manipulative
  • saturated
  • overwhelmed
  • repetitive
  • distracting
  • irrelevant
  • exaggerated
  • misleading
  • desensitized
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