Some of the methods used in advertising are unethical and unacceptable in today s society To what extent do you agree with this view

Submitted by a1492dc on Sun, 03/30/2014 - 23:10

Someone said: "the advertisement is the soul of commerce". That's why we are completely surrounded by advertisements everywhere. Nowadays we can see advertising on the TV, on internet, on the streets, on the mobile. Many people are now noticing how advertising methods are becoming not only invasive, but also unacceptable.

First of all we have to notice that advertising methods can reach us in whatever activity we are doing. When we are walking on the street, watching the television, listening to the radio or browsing on the internet, we receive heaps of explicit messages of advertising. T...

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Category: Good Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 2 2
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No. of Words: 265 350
No. of Characters: 1318 1500
No. of Different Words: 159 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.035 4.7
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No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 32 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
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Sentence Length SD: 6.353 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.6 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.326 0.35
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