Can you explain two ways in which you think advertising affects issues of equality in a democracy?
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a. Advertisement creates disparity in the society, and overrides the basic principle of equality.Eextensive amount of money is used in advertising a product. In this way commercial advertisements benefits big business houses and brands who can spend more on advertising. Small companies with medium budget are at a loss, because they are not in a position to advertise their products or bear its costs, hence sell their products in weekly markets.
b. Advertising focuses on the lives of the rich and famous and makes us forget issues of poverty and discrimination. It makes us take decisions by conditioning our minds and has a potential to create discontent if a certain product is not affordable.Advertisements ignore issues confronting the poor.
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a. Advertisement creates disparity in the society, and overrides the basic principle of equality.Eextensive amount of money is used in advertising a product. In this way commercial advertisements benefits big business houses and brands who can spend more on advertising. Small companies with medium budget are at a loss, because they are not in a position to advertise their products or bear its costs, hence sell their products in weekly markets.
b. Advertising focuses on the lives of the rich and famous and makes us forget issues of poverty and discrimination. It makes us take decisions by conditioning our minds and has a potential to create discontent if a certain product is not affordable.Advertisements ignore issues confronting the poor.
Regards