Advertisement or Brainwash?
analytical Essay
1042 words
The use of technology and advertisement has been a great innovative advance in how the market place operates and how it reaches a desired audience of consumers. According to a study done by Digital Strategy Consulting, it has been proven that 80% of people who have ever viewed an advertisement have at least looked into greater detail about the product. The purpose of advertisement is to promote a product or public notice to make consumers aware of whatever they might be advertising. One of the most popular forms of advertising is government advertising. The question is raised of how is the government and advertisement so successful? Now put together those two very powerful forms of persuasion and it is practically impossible to overcome. Advertisers are aware of what sets our brain off, our subconscious mind, they are able to manipulate and have control over what we take in based off of the advertisement. Humans have no way of knowing what she/he is really looking at, these advertisements that people are constantly bombarded with are controlling their minds without them even knowing. Although advertisement can be used to make a public notice aware to people it is critical that people are aware of subliminal advertisement by not only the produce but the government as well and how because of this, could possibly lead to the government having total control over our minds.
People have always been surrounded by advertisements from sunrise to sunset, in his article “Subliminal Advertising and Modern Day Brainwashing” Dr. Lechnar discusses the way that the human mind takes in and transfers advertisements with subliminal messaging.
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... parents whom have already been bombarded with ads and now the child will manipulate the parent into buying him/her the product that they saw where? On an advertisement that now also controls children. Advertisement affects the way that children view the things surrounding them, they are so vulnerable to believe almost anything they watch. By the advertisements being so convincing and the young minds so vulnerable, it begins to affect their self-image. “Increasingly, advertisers are seeking to find new and creative ways of targeting young consumers via the Internet, in schools, and even in bathroom stalls. This exposure may contribute significantly to childhood and adolescent obesity, poor nutrition, and cigarette and alcohol use. Media education has been shown to be effective in mitigating some of the negative effects of advertising on children and adolescents.” ()
In this essay, the author
- Explains that technology and advertising have been an innovative advance in how the market place operates and how it reaches a desired audience of consumers.
- Explains the use of repetition, sounds, and color effects in subliminal advertising.
- Explains how advertising affects children's brains and their self-image. advertisers are seeking creative ways of targeting young consumers via the internet, in schools, and even in bathroom stalls.
- Explains that technology and advertising have been an innovative advance in how the market place operates and how it reaches a desired audience of consumers.
- Explains the use of repetition, sounds, and color effects in subliminal advertising.
- Explains how advertising affects children's brains and their self-image. advertisers are seeking creative ways of targeting young consumers via the internet, in schools, and even in bathroom stalls.
- Analyzes dr. lechnar's article 'subliminal advertising and modern day brainwashing', where he discusses how the human mind takes in and transfers advertisements with subliminating messages.
- Opines that the main goal when it comes to advertising is to inform people over their product, convince the consumer to purchase the item, and make money.
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- Explains that subliminal messages cause paranoia, a condition of massive, and anxious over-interpretation, which started after vicaray's faked experiment.
- Opines that subliminal advertising isn't regulated in many countries and that more countries need to ban them.
728 wordsRead More - Misleading Advertisements Analysisanalytical essayBy being a consumer in a world of diverse products and services, it has given us a wide range of choices. A product may be produced by different companies and has the same function, but it is presented to the consumers in different forms. In order to differ from each other, companies use the help of advertising to present its product in a better way than their competitors’. However, advertising the product is becoming more crucial than the product itself. Companies are focusing more on making the brand more popular, rather than actually improving the product that they offer. By turning the advertisement competition into a war between companies, they mislead buyers by hyperbolizing their products positive features, thus hiding the negative ones. Companies forget about the effect they have on the consumers. Consumers should be aware of the manipulative tricks that advertising uses like subliminal messages and brain seduction in order to not be misled into buying something that they do not really require. By knowing how to manipulate the audience and consumers’ brain, companies use tactical methods in order to persuade specific customers to buy specific products or services. Other examples of techniques they use are techniques like puffery which are suggestive claims about a product, using subliminal messages and transferring information indirectly, as well as by targeting a specific group of people, creating a slogan or a mascot and by using sexy models with perfect bodies, advertising tries to manipulate and persuade consumers into buying the product they are offering.
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- Opines that advertising is becoming more crucial than the product itself. companies are focusing more on making the brand more popular, rather than improving it.
- Explains that advertising agencies use special techniques to get audiences' attention. they are unfair to consumers because they force them to watch their ad.
- Explains that advertising is used to make a brand recognizable and popular to everyone. consumers buy products from brands they are familiarized with, rather than brands in which they lack liability.
- Opines that advertising is becoming more crucial than the product itself. companies are focusing more on making the brand more popular, rather than improving it.
- Explains that advertising agencies use special techniques to get audiences' attention. they are unfair to consumers because they force them to watch their ad.
- Explains that advertising is used to make a brand recognizable and popular to everyone. consumers buy products from brands they are familiarized with, rather than brands in which they lack liability.
- Analyzes how advertisements create an illusion in customers mind making them think that it is the best beer in the world. philip nelson, a professor of economics at suny-binghamton, defends indirect information advertising.
- Explains that slogans and logos are a powerful tool to capture consumers' attention and create affection between the product and the consumer. slogans represent the essence of the brand.
- Explains that puffery is used by advertising companies to magnify the product's good features into making it better than it really is. they can't be accused of making false assumptions.
- Describes arrington robert l. advertising and behavior control. journal of business ethics, vol. 1, no. 1 (feb., 1982), pp.
- Cites the ama task force on the development of marketing thought, 'developing disseminating, and utilizing marketing knowledge'.
- Explains nelson phillip's book, advertising and ethics, in richard t. de george and joseph a. pichler.
- Explains kerin, roger a., william j. lundstrom, and donald sciglimpaglia. women in advertisements: retrospect and prospect.
- Explains peterson, robert a., and kerin, roger. the female role in advertisements: some experimental evidence.
- Analyzes dimofte, claudiu v., mark r. forehand, and rohit deshpandé's article, "ad schema incongruity as elicitor of ethnic self-awareness and differential advertising response."
- Explains stewart, david w., and furse, effective television advertising: a study of 1000 commercials.
- Explains that lundstrom, william j., and sciglimpaglia, "sex role portrayals in advertising."
- Explains that attractive men and women in ads affect our capacity for rational thought.
- Explains clancy, kevin j., and david w. lloyd's uncover the hidden power of television programming: --and get the most from your advertising budget.
- Describes stafford, marla r., and ronald j. faber's books on advertising, promotion and new media.
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