Answer: Advertisements have changed significantly
over the years since I
was a child. For a starter, when I was a child, if I remember correctly, there
were only radio, TV and print media to show us the advertisements, but today
there are computers, smartphones, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram also on
which advertisements are being displayed continuously. We can also see
billboards,
neon signs, and other vibrant and visually captivating printed
designs, that are placed at strategic locations
with high volumes of human
traffic, which were not seen when I was a child.
4. What are the advantages and disadvantages of advertising?
Answer: The main advantage of advertising is that they allow us to learn
about new products and services that we may need badly. Advertising also
helps us compare among different kinds of products, in terms of their costs
and
qualities, so that we can make an informed decision when making a
purchase.
The main disadvantage of advertising that I think of is that they increase the
cost of the products because it costs to advertise
and the companies pass
those advertising cost to be picked up by the customers. They sometimes
mislead the customers because not all the products, that are advertised, are
good for them.
5. Do you think that advertisements should be strictly regulated?
Answer: Yes, I do think that advertisement should
be strictly regulated
because, without it, misleading information
on the products will keep
deceiving the customers into buying wrong and defected products. Besides,
without strict regulation, bigger companies
will always have undue
advantages, because of their higher budget for advertisements, over the
smaller and local manufacturers/companies
even though the products of
“bigger” companies are of inferior quality to those of smaller companies. In
other words, advertisement kills competition and gives larger companies an
unfair advantage over smaller companies.
