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Task 2 - Plz Review :)

Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2014 12:20 am
by gkm90
Hello students!

I would like a simple review in my new essay.

Thank you!
Gustavo Motizuki

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Topic: Today the high sales of popular consumer goods reflect the power of advertising and not the real needs of the society in which they are sold.To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Recently, people buy consumer goods much more often than ever. One of the culprits of this trend is the way that these products are advertised. Although there are cases that they are bought to supply real needs, in the majority of cases people are buying because they were influenced by the media. In this essay we are going to discuss the influence that media have over the market.

Firstly, the most common attraction of a consumer good is, how many features it has, and this is what advertisement highlight. For example, the sales of television had a drastic increase after 3D feature was implemented. In addition, media also advertised this feature as an unique experience that everybody must have. For this reason it is clear that the influence of commercial in the consumer goods sales.

Secondly, due to the high demand, the price tend to drop. Therefore, adding another argument to commercials influence people's decision to buy more and more. For instance, nowadays, it is common when something break, instead of fixing, it is cheaper if you buy a brand new one with also additional features. Thus it is undeniable that the power of advertising can change the economy flow.

In conclusion, it is totally agreed that media manipulation is the main factor that triggers people desire to buy new consumer goods. Moreover, advertising extra features and lower prices of products is a very powerful weapon for the market. Also with the continous enhancement of technology, we can predict that the consumer goods market will remain stable at the top for long time.

Re: Task 2 - Plz Review :)

Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2014 10:19 pm
by Flick
gkm90 wrote:
Topic: Today the high sales of popular consumer goods reflect the power of advertising and not the real needs of the society in which they are sold.To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Recently, people have started to buy consumer goods much more often than ever before. One of the culprits of this trend is the way that these products are advertised. Although some heavily advertised products are bought to supply real needs, in the majority of cases people are buying because they were influenced by the media. In this essay we are going to discuss this influence that the media have over the market.

Firstly, the most common attraction of a consumer good is how many features it has, and this is what advertisements highlight. For example, the sales of televisions had a drastic increase after the 3D feature was implemented. In addition, media also advertised this feature as a (<-- Although the following word starts with a vowel ('u'), because it is pronounced 'you-neek', it should be 'a', not 'an'.) unique experience that everybody must have. For this reason it is clear the influence of commercials have in the sale of consumer goods.

Secondly, due to high demand, the price tends to drop. Therefore, adding another argument to commercials influencing people's decision to buy more and more. For instance, nowadays, it is common when something breaks, instead of getting it fixed, it is cheaper if you buy a brand new one with additional features. Thus it is undeniable that the power of advertising can change the economy flow.

In conclusion, it is totally agreed that media manipulation is the main factor that triggers people's desire to buy new consumer goods. Moreover, advertising extra features and lower prices of products is a very powerful weapon for the market. Also with the continuous enhancement of technology, we can predict that the consumer goods market will remain stable at the top for a long time.