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Question
CBSEENBS12004415

‘Advertising undermines social values'. Give arguments for and against it.

Solution

Arguments for:
Undermines Social Values: Advertisement is a sort of day-dreaming for the people. These days it is taking the people away from reality and into the realm of artificiality. Through its medium people get information about new products. Only very few products are of any use for them. The brilliance of new products really get on their nerves. They want to buy them but have no resources at their command. Consequently, they start feeling upset with their present status. Taking it as a social evil, it can be said that advertisement undermines social values.
Arguments against:
It does not Undermine Social Values: It is absolutely wrong to say that advertisement undermines social values. Instead of undermining social values advertisement helps in raising the social level. It provides people with the information about modern and better products. It, therefore, widens the area of people's choice. So far as the question of day-dreaming for the customers is concerned, it only provides information about products. It is in the hands of the customers to buy them or not to buy them. If the dissatisfaction of the people increases because of advertisement, it is their own weakness and not that of the advertisement.