Advertising: good things / positives / advantages / points in favor
- Advertising plays a key role in business
- Advertising allows companies to tell consumers about their products
- Consumers can learn about the choices available through advertising
- If there was no advertising, consumers would have less choice
- The advertising industry provides a lot of employment
- Many creative people work in advertising
- Advertising is a huge industry - without it, unemployment would be much higher
- Some people consider advertising to be a form of modern art / entertainment
- Many people enjoy adverts, especially TV ads
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Advertising: bad things / negatives / disadvantages / points against
- Advertising can be used to manipulate people
- Advertising tries to convince people that purchasing a certain product will make them feel happy or will improve their life
- Most adverts use glamour, or models to deliver their message, not real people
- Advertising now dominates our culture - without it economies would fail
- Many advertising campaigns suggest a connection between ceratin brands and a higher status in life
- Young children and teenagers are often the target of advertising agencies/companies
- Young children can be influenced very easily by seeing advertisements on TV
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Advertising: general opinions / observations
- More regulation of advertising is needed
- Advertising specifically targeting young children should be strictly regulated and monitored, or even prohibited or banned
- Advertising or marketing of unhealthy food should not be focused on children
- Some countries do not allow advertising of cigarettes and other products which present a 'risk to health'
- Advertising is an essential part of any free economy
- Advertising generates demand for products and services - and this generates employment and stimulates economies
- There should be tighter regulation of advertising of potentially health damaging or dangerous products.