In the modern world, advertising is seen as
a powerful medium to make things known to the public and increase profits. How
genuine is the advertising field and how effective it is to serve the above
stated purpose?
Advertising has become one of the most
important mediums to survive in the present competitive world of business. It
is a way to inform the people about the launch or features of a product or the
services offered. There are various modes of advertising like newspaper,
television, radio, magazines, pamphlets or hoardings etc. the following
paragraphs are an insight into the positive and negative aspects of
advertising.
Companies can easily highlight the features
of their products through advertising. It is even good for the consumers
because they get a lot of choices in choosing the products. Due to high
competition in the market, the companies constantly come out with different
schemes to market their products. Public comes to know about such schemes only
through advertisements. In this way, both companies as well as consumers are
benefited.
However, some advertisements are based on
fantasy and are far from reality. A particular section of the consumers become
their soft targets. For example, one of the advertisements of a biscuit company
shows that by eating that biscuit children gain certain superpowers and can
even fly. This provokes children to buy that biscuit; often they force their
parents to buy it. Many companies make use of such marketing tactics. They overclaim
their products and misguide the consumers. Large scale advertising includes
surveys, campaigning, appointing brand ambassadors and so on, and the cost of
such an exercise is included in the cost of the product. Ultimately, the cost
has to be borne by the consumers.
In summary, advertising has become a very
big industry through which a lot of people get employment. The benefits from
this industry certainly cannot be overlooked. Therefore, there is no question
that advertising business should run, but ultimately, consumers should understand
their needs before buying a product and should not get carried away by
advertisements.
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