The development in technology had helped businesses and companies to attract customers in several methods such as advertising, which has become more commonly and can be seen in many parts of daily life. As a matter of fact, it affects human’s behavior and a school of thought holds that this influence is risky and should be controlled. While acknowledging the reasons underpinning this perspective, I believed that commercial activities still benefits people in many ways.
On one hand, it could be seen that not every information on advertisements sticks to the truth. In order to bring more profit to the business, some individuals could even take advantage of costumers to boost the sales of the products or services. Consequently, consumers are likely to loose. their money or even their time, physical, and mental health on those scams. For instance, a large number of fake traditional medicines have been occurred lately on several media platforms in Vietnam, by using the ‘authentic’ in those products, many people have been brainwashed and faced severe health issues. Therefore, advertisements could be consider as a tool for scammers continue their illegal businesses and leads to negative effects to society.
On the other hand, commercial activities also contains some good sides. The information that have been confirmed could help costumers understand their needs and the product better. Also, people can use advertisements to warn other people about tricks and scams that could happen if they don’t raise awarenesses. Moreover, advertisements could be use as a method to change people’s perspective on social problems. It has been reported that several business are trying to change thought about gender equality by sharing costumers videos about cooking gadgets or household tools but with a men doing the action instead of a women. This, could boost the public’s thoughts about not only gender equality but also many other problems in modern daily life.
In conclusion, I believed that advertising has more positive influence on people’s behavior then the potential risks, by using commercials to prevent scammers or change people’s perspective on some issues, the results could lead society to a better state.