Advertisement has been going for thousands of years and started in ancient Greece and Egypt. Then when printing came in the picture it began to take new form in 1477 in London.
People use advertising to get across to others what ever their selling or what ever message that they want to be heard. It's the power of seeing and believing. We as people need to see things actually work in order to believe that they work. We are also very curious creatures who love to try new things. Advertising helps businesses show products, if they didn't have advertising it would be harder to sell the item because it would never be seen by the people.
I think the best advertisements are the food advertisements because we are always eating and most of us like to try new things. So, when we see new sandwiches on T.V. from Burger King or Wendy's we want to immediately try them. Especially because they make the food look so perfect and juicy on the T.V.
Also the affect that advertisements have had on society is unreal. Advertisements are constantly advertising sex and selling sex. Like if you wear this lipstick the guys will all want you, or if you put on this cologne you will be irresistible to the ladies. Or adds for jeans where they aren't wearing any clothes at all and the jeans are lying on the side somewhere. These kind of adds that are egging on sex could be one of the many reasons there are increasing numbers of teen pregnancies.
Advertising has had years of time to develop and become more affective. The power it has on the people continues to grow exponentially.
I think in the future advertising will only become more invasive and sneaky. Also the scandal will continue to get worse until we, as a society, gather together and stop supporting these brands that advertise this way.
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