E-Learning Week Issue: "Singaporeans are easily influenced by advertisements." Do you agree?

3 posts/comments by James:

Well, advertisements are very broad. Therefore, I personally disagrees that Singapore are easily influenced by advertisements. Everyone on earth will be influence by advertisements. Technologies are improving so fast lately, and teenagers will definitely looking out for their favorite PSP, Xbox or Play Station sets and games. All this need advertisements and it strikes many teenagers and even adults all over the world. Look at Japan, every kid out there will be enjoying there PSP games. Advertisements just play a big role in influencing everyone.

Adding more to what Celeste pointed out on advertisement on drugs etc. I would like to say that advertisements are everywhere, sharing with public that smoking is harmless, please avoid, all this articles and pictures are seen everywhere and not only in Singapore but in America too. It is a very large scale advertisement to ask smokers or 'druggers' (drug addicts) to stop or at least reduce the usage of drugs. But personally, I feel that there are still a lot of teenagers picking up smoking. It is not that the advertisement allows them to do it, but it is because of bad company. And again, I disagree Singaporeans are easily influence by advertisements.

There are many types of advertisements. Advertisements like sports, drugs, business and finance, information technology, science or law. Public gets fascinated by the attractiveness of the product on the advertisement and hence probably made a rise in high-level consumption. Everyone gets fascinated by attractive images or animations advertisement. For I disagree that only Singaporeans are easily influence by advertisements.