Advertising reflects the mores of society, but it does not influence them.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The public doesn't particularly care for advertisements.
Advertising is a racket, like the movies and the brokerage business. You cannot be honest without admitting that its constructive contribution to humanity is exactly minus zero.
Advertising must respect the intelligence of its audience and if it does not prompt them to think, it will be instantly dismissed.
Good advertising does not just circulate information. It penetrates the public mind with desires and belief.
It is very likely that many firms spend more on advertising than, for their own best interests, they should.
Ninety-nine percent of advertising doesn't sell much of anything.
Advertising generally works to reinforce consumer trends rather than to initiate them.
The interesting thing about advertising is that the things that annoy us sometimes about it are really human. It's us looking at ourselves - and like all human endeavors it's imperfect.
Advertising has done more to cause the social unrest of the 20th century than any other single factor.
Advertising degrades the people it appeals to; it deprives them of their will to choose.