Saturday, July 13, 2013

False and Bad Advertising

Statistics Essay: False Advertising
Subject: Statistics
Topic: Food advertising

Most people would be attracted to the sight of a Big Mac on an advertisement, though the real thing looks like it went through a steam press. Though restaurants are required by law to use real food in their ads, nothing says they can't tweak it a little. The airbrushed, glue stiffened, product looks appetizing, but is very fake.

Complaints are common in this topic as a lot of people leave dissatisfied with the overall product, which was a bust combined with the salesperson manipulating you into buying what seems like a bargain, but is really a waste of time and money.



The thought of it is enough to get you thinking, how are they getting away with this? 

Would an advertisement agent help advertise these products ?
After you see the real thing, would you still buy it?

Bad advertising is misleading several customers into buying what they think to be a good product, only to be thoroughly disappointed, mislead, or repelled by an oversight. An example is the sour candy "Camel Balls," which has a poor attempt to make a good advertisement but gives off  an unpleasant image in one's mind, in other words, who in their right mind would want to eat a Camel's balls? It's a stupid idea made even worse by the image of their advertisement

A good advertisement shouldn't be tampered with, and there should be effort and a good idea instead of something hastily thrown together.

The idea that people are falsely advertising products and are getting away with it is an infuriating thought, but there is not much we can do about it. The actual product in a false advertisement may, in fact, do the opposite of what it says it may do, or not at all. You could go on a diet with Fit'n'Right and gain weight instead of loosing it. You could buy a product off the home shopping channel that doesn't do anything other than make you confused and dissatisfied while trying to figure out how it works.