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Advertisements are boring, unless and often
misleading
“Advertisements are boring, unless and often misleading.”
How far do you agree with this opinion?
In our present world of consumerism, advertisements are
very much the norm because manufacturers have to
attract us to their products, which they do not want and we
do not need. Everywhere we go advertisements loom
before us on billboards, leap out at us from magazines
and newspapers, whiz a lingering impression on the mind.
Advertisement jingles hail us every morning over the radio
and through the day, and we watch consumer products
come alive on television, singing and dancing to promote
themselves.
Are they boring? Generally not, but there are exceptions,
of course. Take for instance the Pepsi-Cola advertisement
on television, “starring” Lionel Ritchie and a host of
dancing youths; exuberant excited, bubbling and fizzling
with life and energy. With its foot-tapping beats and
delightful visual effects, one requires a great deal of self-
control to sit still and not dance along. Or consider the
advertisement with that famous line, “When a man you’ve
never met before suddenly gives you flowers, that’s
Impulse.” Yes, the advertisement for the body-spray,
Impulse. The whole idea of a man absorbed in his daily
routine being suddenly roused out of it by a whiff of
Impulse and then going through a series of impulsive
actions to compliment the lady wearing it, is romantic and
endearing to most women. This combined with the light,
tinkling piano accompaniment and soft-focus filming
makes the advertisement an attractive one. Then we have
the newspaper and magazine advertisements, in vibrant
color, interesting graphics and witty slogans. Take a look
at most cosmetic advertisements like Maybelline or Cover
girl, where the page is attractively splashed with the
newest colors the manufacturer has come up with a pretty,
lively girl caught in mid-laughter. Therefore,
advertisements today are generally interesting due to the
visual and sound effects made possible y advanced
technology in the various mediums of print, sound and
film, and a little imagination, especially when rival
companies try their best to attract consumers and so try to
advertise better.
Are they useless? Not necessarily. In many ways
advertisements help to keep the cost of most publications
low so that we can afford them quite easily. This applies in
the case of our daily newspaper “The Straits Times”, the
Sunday “Asia Magazine”, the popular “Readers Digest”
and especially the publication we are all familiar with, our
respective school magazines. The advertisers pay to
advertise and this payment subsidizes publishing cost so
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