I see advertisements constantly every day; I usually just ignore them, but having to do this assignment made me actually pay attention to them. Advertisements are truly a 24 hour business.
My roommate came home from the mall, and everything she bought had the stores name on it, Hollister t-shirts, and Abercrombie and Fitch to be more specific. I can’t help but not want to wear any clothing with stores names on them anymore. I don’t want to give stores advertising by wearing their clothes if I’m not getting paid for it.
I also even saw an advertisement on the thing you heat a hot pocket in. This advertisement was for hot pockets new breakfast pockets. The ad was small but you can still see it, if you’re actually looking closely at it. While I was at work at Target I saw so many advertisement’s everywhere I looked; even advertisements for cat food were even been printed out of the coupon dispenser, with no coupon for the product on the ad.
I also saw so many advertisements on the internet. Every website I went on had advertisements on them. On my Facebook, I noticed that a majority of the advertisements were for woman’s clothing and shoes, and for new cars. I thought this was kind of weird because a few of my status updates I made stated that I needed a new car. It’s kind of shocking how Facebook and advertisers “know what my interests are.”
Another advertisement I found quite random was for “free rehab centers close to you” on CNN.com. Advertiser’s literally have ad’s for every possible thing, in today’s world. I think it’s just crazy that advertisements are literally everywhere you go. I literally cannot even write this blog without seeing an advertisement for “Upgrade to Microsoft Office 2010.”
By doing this blog, I literally can’t go anywhere without ignoring advertisements when I see them. I think about how attractive some products are compared to others, and that’s the main reason many people purchase them; even if the generic version exactly the same, people are still more likely to purchase the more attractive and better advertised product.
