Nowadays, media is very important for all spheres of life. One of the most important contents of media are advertisements. Many things are advertised, but some of them should not be, because that can be offensive or unethical.
Advertising is a good way to promote a thing, because people pay attention when a thing has good advertisement. One good advertisement can change people’s opinion about the product, person, service or phenomenon. Successful advertisement is worth a thousand words. Advertising can help the popularity of a thing. For example, some toys for kids can become very popular if they are seen on TV often. So, the advertisement affects the psychological unconsciousness of people.
On the other hand, in many cases, advertising can be misused in the wrong purposes. Sometimes, the quality of the thing being advertised is put into question, because the advertisements claim that the specific thing has much better characteristics than it actually has. Advertising can mislead people. Nowadays, you can see and hear many bizarre advertisements about things you couldn’t ever imagine are going to be advertised. But, some things shouldn’t be advertised, because there are many living rooms around the world, watching advertisements which do not respect ethical, religious and political principles. For example, some of them can be abusive, vulgar or expressions of racism. To make matters worse, there are children watching that advertisements. Last day, I was shocked to see the advertisement which said that approval has been given for abortion clinics to advertise on the television and radio. What is our society coming to if abortion is to be advertised like perfume or packets of breakfast cereal? Moreover, I am usually disgusted because we have been watching to many advertisements about things which are really humiliating. As a matter of fact, we aren’t sure what the future brings to us in the field of advertising. So, who knows what will happen? However, we should hope that the situation is going to be better, with great effort.
There should exist a strict law about media and advertising. Advertising should respect ethical, religious and political principles, in accordance with the law. Some things should never be advertised.
Nowadays, media is very important for all spheres of life. One of the most important contents of media are advertisements. Many things are advertised, but some of them should not be, because that can be offensive or unethical.
Advertising is a good way to promote a thing, because people pay attention when a thing has good advertisement. One good advertisement can change people’s opinion about the product, person, service or phenomenon. Successful advertisement is worth a thousand words. Advertising can help the popularity of a thing. For example, some toys for kids can become very popular if they are seen on TV often. So, the advertisement affects the psychological unconsciousness of people.
On the other hand, in many cases, advertising can be misused in the wrong purposes. Sometimes, the quality of the thing being advertised is put into question, because the advertisements claim that the specific thing has much better characteristics than it actually has. Advertising can mislead people. Nowadays, you can see and hear many bizarre advertisements about things you couldn’t ever imagine are going to be advertised. But, some things shouldn’t be advertised, because there are many living rooms around the world, watching advertisements which do not respect ethical, religious and political principles. For example, some of them can be abusive, vulgar or expressions of racism. To make matters worse, there are children watching that advertisements. Last day, I was shocked to see the advertisement which said that approval has been given for abortion clinics to advertise on the television and radio. What is our society coming to if abortion is to be advertised like perfume or packets of breakfast cereal? Moreover, I am usually disgusted because we have been watching to many advertisements about things which are really humiliating. As a matter of fact, we aren’t sure what the future brings to us in the field of advertising. So, who knows what will happen? However, we should hope that the situation is going to be better, with great effort.
There should exist a strict law about media and advertising. Advertising should respect ethical, religious and political principles, in accordance with the law. Some things should never be advertised.