The Manipulation of Advertisements

With the improvements made on technology over the past decades, the ways in which advertisements reach their desired audiences have multiplied and have now become close to impossible to avoid. The average American is exposed to about 25,500 advertisements every year (Dunham, and Skorek M, 655). The primary goal of advertisements is to sell a product and oftentimes, important considerations towards the wellbeing of audiences are put aside. Despite the argument that the content of all advertisements falls under the right of free speech, certain advertisements have been shown to cause…