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Band 7+: To what extent do you think that advertising influences people's purchasing decisions?

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I agree with the topic to the extent that I think advertising influences people's values and beliefs in a significant way. It impacts individuals' beliefs and values in a significantly negative way, leading them to the pinnacle of their emotions where they can't control it anymore. They feel an urgent need for the product. Not to mention, advertisements are solely created to attract customers. They manipulate their customers in a way that makes it hard to resist products like chocolates, cakes, and sugary items that shouldn't be consumed too much. However, some individuals have a firm grip on their spending, but many people do not.

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I agree with the topic to the extent that I think advertising influences people’s values and beliefs in a significant way. It impacts individuals’ belief and values in a significantly negative way that they reach to the pinnacle of their emotion and just can’t control it anymore. Whereas, they feel the need of the product urgently. Not to mention, advertisements are solely created for the purpose of attracting customers. They manipulate their customers in a leering way that they couldn’t resist the product, such as chocolates, cakes, sugary stuff that shouldn’t be consumed too much. However, there are some individuals who have a firm grip over their spending, but not to mention a lot of people don’t have that.

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their: 3

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values: 2

beliefs: 2

customers: 2

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