#17In this country, most people see and hear advertising for many different products every day. Some people think advertising is useful because it provides important information about many different products. Other people think advertising is not useful because it tries to persuade people to buy products they do not really need. In your opinion, does advertising serve a useful purpose in our society?l

What is the most important part of the Super Bowl that draws millions of people to watch it every year? Advertisements have made a huge impact on the sport and has lead to be one of the popular reason people watch the Super Bowl. Some people think advertisements are useful because it provides important information about many different products. Critics of advertisements would say that it is not useful since it tries to persuade people to buy products they don't need. However Advertisements serve an important role in our society. Critics of advertisements would say that it distracts them from their program. However these people do not realize that advertisements helps the viewers gain knowledge about new products. With many new products launch almost every month it can be hard for consumers to keep track of all these new products. With advertising the producers of the product can create a 30 second video of their product in action and show it to the consumer. An alternative to this would be publishing an article of the product on the Internet. However this idea would not work since in order for the consumer to search a new product they must first know what it is so they know what to look for. Another alternative is to publish an article in the newspaper. This idea is not effective since it will taking space otherwise used for important news and will only use more paper. T.V. Advertisements therefore are the best way for producers to spread the news for their product. People who are not in favor of advertisements say that it persuades people into buying useless things. However these people do not realize that at the end of the day it is up to the consumer to buy what they want. Advertisements were created to get people to buy new products and they are doing just that. It is still up to consumer to buy the product and to use it. Advertisements show product helping and improving people's lives however they are not for everyone. So, what some people might view as a useless product other people might think it is the greatest product