Advertising's poll 3/4

[Kalofyris]

Question 3/4 (See the other 4 topics for the other 3 questions)


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[Rambuchan]

What do you mean? If it's "Do you believe IN advertising?" Then the answer is yes. Advertising clearly aids companies sell more products and expand into further markets.

 

[Kalofyris]

If you believe in what advertisements say about their products etc.

 

[Abaddon]

yes - Advertising exhists.

 

[Rambuchan]

If you believe in what advertisements say about their products etc.

This is a more difficult question. They are highly selective about the truth. They don't lie as such, but they distort the facts severely. They also don't even talk about the product sometimes, so the question becomes irrelevant for a great deal of advertising.

 

[MrCynical]

I give very little credence to what is said in advertisements. By their very nature they are highly biased and while they might not outright lie they can distort and mislead to the point of uselessness for information.

Also, as Rambuchan says, many adverts contain little or no information on the products, and are merely there to make the consumer aware it exists. In my opinion it is relatively pointless for an advert to do more, as I would have thought few people would be gullible enough to trust adverts.

 

[Rambuchan]

many adverts contain little or no information on the products, and are merely there to make the consumer aware it exists. In my opinion it is relatively pointless for an advert to do more, as I would have thought few people would be gullible enough to trust adverts.

Actually these lifestyle ads can be the most effective, for they don't always have to mention how crap the product is! You just buy into the 'work hard, play hard' image, for example. Or you buy into some other lifestyle that you didn't yearn for before. You mistakenly believe the product is in some way associated with that lifestyle and you also make the mistake that the product will bring you that life. It's never the case (unless you're buying a tropical island or something).

 

[Mise]

I trust that they do what they say they do, but of course I take their claims with a pinch of salt.

 

[Kalofyris]

IYes but i think they make the product they advertise familiar to you so when you see it to the frontshop you choose it

 

[Perfection]

They're almost always true, but sometimes they aren't honest.

 

[Abaddon]

pah, how can something be new, AND improved??? For frig sake, it has to be one or the other!?!

 

[Perfection]

pah, how can something be new, AND improved??? For frig sake, it has to be one or the other!?!

Well, you have to admit "improved" just doesn't have the same ring.

 

[silver 2039]

Advertising is promtion of a certain product so obvisouly it will have a certain slant to it. No I don't particularly believe it.

 

[ComradeDavo]

Advertisements are a myth, just like unicorns!

In other words, the poll question doesn't really make any sense.

If you believe in what advertisements say about their products etc.

This makes a bit more sense, but when you take into account that when it comes to actual facts and figures there laws against adverts actually lieing then the question really means 'do you believe it when adverts say a product is good' and the answer is 'I have to try eeh product for myself or ask a friends' before i take judgement.

 

[Narz]

I believe in advertising. In fact everything is advertising. This post is advertising. Vote for Narz! Remember the product that is me.

 

[Narz]

Perfection believes in advertising. Whenever someone says his name, his stock goes up another point.

 

[Perfection]

I believe in advertising. In fact everything is advertising.

Exactly! All products have advertising, it's justmatter of how and to who!

Perfection believes in advertising. Whenever someone says his name, his stock goes up another point.

And our lord and savior Jesus Christ sheds another tear!

 

[warpus]

If you believe in what advertisements say about their products etc.

Of course note. It's propaganda.

 

[Irish Caesar]

By law, ads have to be factual.

But there's a reason courts tell you to tell the whole truth. It often presents a different picture from the selective truth.

 

[bhsup]

Nope. I pretty much assume most advertisers are getting as close to lying as the law will allow.

Go find the Marlboro Man and see if he's...

1. still romping around big sky country on the back of a mustang.
2. dead.

Not really a fair challenge, I recognize this, as there was more than one Marlboro Man. But more than one has died from lung cancer.