We are surrounded by all kinds of advertising, which significantly influence our lives. Do the positive effects of advertising outweigh its negative effects?

Our daily lives are filled with all kinds of advertising, which affects us in many ways. As far as I am concerned, I opine it brings more disadvantages than benefits to our lives. In the following paragraphs, I am going to discuss my viewpoints on it. First of all, many companies try to promote their products by making phone calls, giving out pamphlets, making a gimmick with a big logo or having commercials on TV. These kinds of
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just deliver information randomly which not only could waste
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, the majority of people throw them away after receiving them.
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commercial organizations tend to spend efforts on making some small things to attract attendees.
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, based on my experience, these gimmicks will be viewed as trash or useless things. These traditional advertising methods should be reconsidered or transformed to prevent leading to environmental issues. With new technology developed, there are some advanced ways to encourage people to buy products, like Internet marketing.
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can target the audience with accuracy and convey the information which interests customers.
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privacy and personal information would be sacrificed because it needs to supervise consumers’
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footprints on social media and the Internet. In conclusion, conventional promoting methods
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efficiency and pollute the environment, and digital marketing is considered to be not
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and leads to privacy aggression.
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these types of advertising,
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could affect our lives negatively.
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