Advertising

... TOK Assignment Jack Tomlinson Block E Does advertising shape culture, or does culture shape advertising? Whether humans like it or not, advertising exists everywhere, in magazines, television or newspapers. Advertising contributes to the loss of individual cultures but creates an entirely new, single one. This new culture that is created by advertising exposes humans to an entire new world, full of products and luxuries that humans may find appealing and are willing to purchase. This advertising industry is a commodity in our everyday lives, where we walk, where we relax etc. If we did not have these advertisements humans would not know of products, such as Starbucks coffee or a type of cheese. Consequently businesses would fail due to lack of publicity, or may not even exist. The economy would be in danger from the business decline and no one would know what to purchase or what there is. As a result, the

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