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The high sales of popular consumer goods reflect the power of advertising but not the real need of the society where such products are sold. Do you agree or disagree?

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Advertising is
well – known
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 as a method of promotion. It is a method used by corporations to introduce their
products
 and services to the market, attract the eye of consumers and increase sales. Critics of advertising argue that
this
 is the only way of increasing sales of some
products
, inducing consumers to purchase what they do not need in their daily lives. From my personal perspective,
this
 contention is
self – evident
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. In the
next
 few paragraphs, I will discuss
this
 statement in detail. Advertisement conquers the audience mainly by sending them the message they are unaware of specific brands or
products
. And
this
 can lead to a situation where the customers make wrong decisions to purchase the things they do not need. The advertisements related to medicine, dietary supplement and other life-enhancing
products
 provide a typical example. Targeting the buyers who are worried about health, advertisers have sought to encourage them to think that they are threatened by
such
 problems
like
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 malnutrition or
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the dysfunctioning
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dysfunctioning
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 of any of their body parts. Due to
lack
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 of knowledge in
this
 field, the audience will rush to purchase the advertised
products
.
Such
 cases are ever-present. Advertising
also
 works to create a
best – seller
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 image for a newly – marketed product. The audiences are tempted to buy it in the hope that they can become participants
of
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 a fad. It is not uncommon that cell phone users replace their phones every year,
although
 the phone they have abandoned is still in usable
conditions
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. They might not need to make purchases frequently, but advertising spurs them to do so. Advertisers too, often misuse the power of advertising.
Although
 the presence of advertisements spread knowledge about the latest
tecnological
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technological
 inventions, more often than not, they only create a hole in the pocket. In conclusion, people should stay alert to the influence, advertisements have on their decision-making process. As indicated above, advertising usually has twisted information about what
products
 contain, or how a product is flavoured, thereby driving people to make insensible decisions.
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