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IELTS Speaking Samples: Advertising
Now we'll discuss the role of advertising.
Do you think advertising influences what people buy?
Yes, definitely. If there were no advertising and you went to a shop, then you would just
buy what you wanted based on maybe what others have told you, what the product
looks like, or, depending on the product, what it says on the label. Advertising builds up
a brand and people then trust a certain thing because they have seen it on television or
elsewhere. Also, there is so much advertising around it must influence us. You can’t
escape it as it is fed to us constantly in our daily lives – not only in magazines, radio and
television, but on billboards, on TVs installed on trains and platforms, even in schools
and universities. So yes, advertising influences what we buy.
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Do advertisements give correct information, or do they encourage people to buy things that they may not need?
I think some do and some don’t, but it’s difficult to know which are giving us the correct
information. For example, the skin whitening products – I do not believe that these work
but we see them everywhere in Asian countries, and we are encouraged to buy them
even though they are not actually necessary. The adverts, though, tell us they are
necessary as they will improve our lives and we will become more accepted and
successful. This then, is an example of advertising encouraging people to buy
something they do not need. I do think there are checks in most countries these days to
make sure that adverts are giving the correct information and not lying to people, but I
think it is still easy for advertisers to exaggerate or to do this without breaking the
regulations.
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Is advertising really necessary in modern society?
It could be seen to be necessary in terms of the fact that, as I mentioned before, there is
so much choice that we need someone to guide us in what to buy or to give us some
extra information about products. Without this, it would be difficult to know where to
start. However, that said, I’m not sure that I would regard it as ‘necessary’ as overall I
think it may do more harm than good. As we just discussed, advertising encourages
people to buy things they possibly do not need. We live in a consumer society and
many people are in debt because we are encouraged to buy and buy, and I’m sure
advertising plays a major role in this. Without advertising we could just do our own
research and decide what we really need. So no, I would not say that advertising in
necessary in modern society.
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