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Advertising is becoming more and more common in everyday life. Some people say that advertising has a positive impact on our lives. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Advertising is ubiquitous in this day and age as it is a key part of modern business. I believe that the drawbacks of this completely outweighed the advantages. Advertising is causing various detrimental effects on young people, and the reasons for this are outlined below.

Many companies, in order to seek attention from their potential customer, purposely exaggerate a product's benefits. Thanks to the help of photoshop and image editors, customers are impressed and easily fooled by those glamorous images on TV. However, many often bought products that are not as miraculous as they appeared, or even opposed to the buyers' interest. New Balance is a great example of this. This brand was accused of false advertising over a sneaker range, saying that they could help wearers burn calories. Thus, advertising is harmful as companies often misrepresent facts to gain profits.

Companies earn money by creating insecurities. Using manipulation, business alters consumers' perception of themselves, and make they believe that they always need more to be happier. The more insecure people get, the more products they will try to buy, hoping that it would increase their life satisfaction. For instance, beauty brands use celebrity endorsement to compare women to idealized models and say that they could be as equally successful, healthy, or good-looking by buying the product. This is extremely unhealthy, especially to teenagers, due to a sense of fulfillment being unachieved.

In conclusion, I support the idea that advertising exerts a negative impact on consumers by deceiving them, merely to earn more money. Many aspects of advertising are morally wrong and unacceptable in today's society.