Are you influenced by television advertising?

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19 Aug 2015, 1:09 am

cathylynn wrote:

i especially hate advertising that preys on people's insecurities. i tend to appreciate information over hype.

An entire industry has been spawned to breed insecurities.

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19 Aug 2015, 3:01 am

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So – how much are you influenced by television advertising?

(I do not watch television, but i do get banners on the web and similar ads thrown in my face on youtube.)

When someone shoves something in my face, asking me to like it, or keep nagging about it - it has the opposite effect on me. In fact i go so far as to boycot it.

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19 Aug 2015, 8:18 am

cathylynn wrote:

i especially hate advertising that preys on people's insecurities. i tend to appreciate information over hype.

I had forgotten about this as I've seen and heard less advertising nowadays, but that's exactly how I saw advertising when we had to view it.

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19 Aug 2015, 8:28 am

Not at all. Advertising takes over every TV channel, billboard, radio station, newspaper and magazine, and website. There should be a law that bans ads.

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19 Aug 2015, 8:37 am

Advertising seems to rely on making a subliminal connection with potential buyers, and since subtlety is lost on me, I seem to have a fair degree of sales resistance.

I'm more likely to buy something after a trusted friend has mentioned how much they like it. Also, most of the things I buy are not advertised on TV, the radio, or teh Interwebz.

So my answer to this thread's subject question is "No".

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19 Aug 2015, 8:53 am

Nver! In fact, I've trained myself not to be emotionally effected in any way by advertising. For instance, if a commercial is funny, and I feel a laugh coming on, I quickly jab myself in the leg with a cocktail fork.

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19 Aug 2015, 9:33 am

Fnord wrote:

I also agee with you. That describes me as well.

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19 Aug 2015, 9:50 am

I don't get influenced by ads. They sound stupid to me (especially if it shows things that have nothing to do with the product it is advertising). I can pick up appeal to emotion in them.

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19 Aug 2015, 2:57 pm

They actually make me avoid buying the product they're pandering.

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19 Aug 2015, 3:07 pm

Ichinin wrote:

(I do not watch television, but i do get banners on the web and similar ads thrown in my face on youtube.)

That sounds like a job for Adblock Plus:

https://adblockplus.org/

Works very well for me in Firefox - I no longer see any ads on YouTube or anywhere else on the Web.

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