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Some people say that advertising encourages us to buy things that we really do not need. Others say that advertisements tell us about new products that may improve our lives. Which viewpoint do you agree with?

#people #advertisements #products #lives
Due to the rise of social media, we are seeing more than
usual
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amount
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advertisements
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lot
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 on unnecessary items and services which increases our debts or decrease our savings which could have been used towards something important. Nowadays people are spending a lot of their
time
 on social media where they see
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 of
advertisements
, and because of
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 they feel
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 urge to buy something. These social media platforms have started using machine learning and artificial intelligence which
collects
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 data all the
time
 and they use
this
 data to create an algorithm which can target
advertisements
 to a certain
amount
 group of people who fits their algorithmic model.
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 of the companies
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 the
amount
 of
time
 a user spends on certain kinds of ads and the algorithm will target only those certain products to the users
which
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 it thinks are relevant. Due to the targeted advertising, people develop an urge to buy that product even though it is not needed.
For example
, If a person is passionate about cars, he will spend more
time
 on an advertisement about a car and after
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 the algorithm will show similar ads and because of that he will feel
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 urge to get a new car even though there is no need for that. He will eventually end up with an auto loan or
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 his savings for a thing which was not necessary and will regret the decision later. In conclusion,
advertisements
 are a good tool to get information about new products which might improve our lives but
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 can create a negative impact on our financial stability which can affect our spending on essential things required in future.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • encourage
  • persuade
  • manipulative
  • unnecessary
  • excessive
  • artificial needs
  • desires
  • consumers
  • oversaturation
  • impulse buying
  • financial problems
  • inform
  • educate
  • features
  • benefits
  • innovations
  • raise awareness
  • social issues
  • positive behavior
  • enrich
  • well-being
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