Unit 6 Advertising claim
From the beginning, I just did a speed—reading about this paragraph. The first sentence of paragraph one interests me. “Many people are believers in their own immunity to advertising.” Is “be believer in something” similar with “be believed in something”? In My View, the former means to believe strongly that something is good and effective; however, someone thought it was just a noun that a person who feels certain about the existence of God or the truth of a religion or religious ideas.
The author thinks in our consumer land, advertising only can affect the masses of the less experience ones.
Actually, most of us are influenced by advertising more or less. If though, the brains can not help their selves. What is more, children are influenced most. Is it fair to advertise to children unless they fully understand the intent of the advertisers? If young children do not understand that intent, then when do they develop that ability? Is television an effective way to market products to children? Are the products (such as food? and toys) typically aimed at children, the type of products that children should be encouraged to buy? Are children encouraged to buy or try unsuitable products (such as alcohol or tobacco) from viewing advertisements even when those advertisements are not aimed at them? Does advertising encourage a more materialistic attitude in children? Or is it appropriate that children learn to be effective consumers from an early age? Does encouraging children to buy products lead them to pester their parents and cause family disputes? Does television advertising present an accurate or misleading image of the world to children? Should advertising aimed at children be regulated? Am I confused? Why there are so many problems in my mind? I don’t know. Maybe it is not my responsibility, it is scientists’.
In some extent, I agree with the author’s opinions. A person unaware of advertising’s influence on him is precisely the one most vulnerable to the adman’s attack. Anything is impossible, thus then, sometimes, do not judge by our first impression. We should be believer in the purpose of studying advertising.
The sentence “the reason so many as claims full into the category of false information is that they are applied to parity products….” Is it right to put “so many” before “the reason”? What is the structure? I hope I will get the key in the college English class.
