"It is estimated that in 2021 an average person might be exposed to as many as 10,000 ads per day. It seems like a lot, but when you think about it, ads bombard us on social media, TV, billboards, and even inside our fortune cookies. We get so used to them that we don't even notice. One would like to think that marketing and advertising should bridge the gap between the seller and the buyer;"
"make people trust the product and encourage them to use it. But their words often sound too good to be true. And they often are. If you see a big sign yelling "Everything's 30% off", it might be designed to make you miss the small line at the bottom where it says that the offer applies to a handful of selected items only. Congratulations, you've just encountered false marketing."
An average person may face up to 10,000 advertisements per day across social media, TV, billboards, and even products like fortune cookies. Constant exposure causes consumers to become desensitized and unaware of many ads. Marketing and advertising can be intended to connect sellers and buyers, build trust, and promote product use, but messaging frequently overpromises and misleads. Prominent promotions can hide restrictive fine print that limits offers to a few items, creating false marketing. Businesses sometimes use manipulative, alarming or ridiculous techniques to exploit consumers, prompting increased purchases through deceptive wording and design.
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