Blog 1 "Hype"

Advertisements are essential in this day & age. If there were no ads on buses, billboards or in supermarkets people would not have as much information on products as they currently do. Everywhere you look theirs an ad trying to market a product. sometimes advertisement company's go a step further and put an ad within an ad Often while i am watching TV a commercial will come on and all the way at the bottom of the screen they have another commercial scrolling across. I personally think there are too many billboards and posters advertising useless products. Companies will do just about anything to catch a customer’s eye. 

              In corporate America’s eyes ads should be "filled with a logo or product message" and I don't agree. 'Videocarte' installed interactive screens on supermarket carts so don't you think the customer would be too busy trying to focus on the ad on the screen rather than shopping. I personally think they are useless. Everywhere you turn you will bump into an ad, you can’t run from them. While you sit at the movies you have to sit through 10 minutes of commercials. When you go to the store to buy a cup of coffee the cup has an ad on it. TV and radio stations throw commercials at us all the time. While you’re sitting in the dentist office they have posters on the wall advertising a special tooth paste or mouth wash.

         As I walk through my school everyday I see ads trying to market school T-shirts, bags, etc

It’s just a way to make money. The product is not special nor will it do anything for you. It’s just a money issue. Advertisement companies will do anything like making 3 different ads for the same product just so people could view the commercial in hopes the product will be bought. I don't think advertisements affect people they are just really annoying and too frequent.