Reflection Paper On Advertising

The topic that I have chosen to reflect on for this assignment is one of the persuasion industries: advertising. I find this topic interesting because there is almost no way to get away from ads, playing a huge role in everyone's lives around the world. Advertisements are everywhere. You see ads on billboards, televisions, hear them on the radio, see them on people's clothes and many, many more places. People come across around 5,000 ads a day. Advertisements are made by a business to increase their consumer profits. They push people to go buy a specific product or to visit their business. The first advertisement agency was created by Volney Palmer in 1841. He was selling newspaper space for advertisers. The growth of his establishment caused him to get a varying array of consumers. This company brought up brands such as Quaker Oaks, Ivory Soap, and many more. Magazines almost relied on their advertisers for financial stability rather than consumers. Between the Civil war and World War I, advertisements became more creative, expensive, and much larger. Francis Wayland Ayer founded the first full service advertising agency called, N.W. Ayer and Sons, after his father. Ayer specialized in campaign planning and location of ads in fitting media. While taking this class and learning the things I have learned, my opinion has not changed much when it comes to advertising. Although I chose this topic to write about, I am actually not a fan of ads, and I almost see them as bothersome. I do my best to try and avoid any types of ads. When I am listening to the radio or watching television, I will turn the channel to something else so I do not have to watch or listen to the advertisements. Therefore, the ads that are disrupting my television shows, music, and social media, I do not enjoy. My favorite types of ads are print or digital billboard ads. They are there if I want to read them, but if not, I do not have to even look at them. My other favorite types of ads that usually get my attention are the more inappropriate, funny commercials. When talking to my friends, which will be discussed in more detail below, they try and avoid ads, as well. This has to be upsetting for advertisers knowing people try to get away

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