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People watch advertisements on TV, magazines or on the news. Some advertisements provide positive messages to the audience. However, others offer rude and negative advertising. In my opinion, I think advertising influences people's behaviour in a negative way. I have two reasons.

First, magazine advertising is very popular. It contains pictures and text. The words are often misleading and confusing, however. For example, the Nike advertisement's slogan is "Just Do it". What if a dying person was standing on the top of a building and saw the signs "Just Do it". If he followed Nike's advice, he would have jumped and died.

Another reason I believe advertising is detrimental is that advertising sometimes provides a bad example to the viewing audience. Take television advertising for instance. In one advertisement a seller promotes a shampoo product. To accomplish this, they employ a sexy naked woman taking off her clothing and standing on top of the car in a parking lot. She also takes a shower using the wipe on the ceiling. This inappropriate for children, so this advertising is blocked after three days.

To sum up, advertising is bad for people by illustrating an unclothed girl and including misleading statements that could prove dangerous. Personally, I think advertising does influence people’s actions. It is a con game.