The Advertising Industry and Its Influence on Us.
             The advertising industry has a tremendous influence in the way the American people think. It's something that we don't even understand completely because of how much it happens. We need to understand how we are being shown what to do by what the advertising industry wants us to do. We need to be able to look and see what and advertisement is really selling. If we are able to see what they are really trying to sell us we will be able to think for ourselves and determine what we really need. I will show some of the ways advertisers market items and the tricks they use.
             Everyday in about everything I do I see advertisements everywhere. Sometimes advertisements are very well hidden and others so very obvious. As I drive to work daily I look out my windows of my car, and what am I obligated to see everyday? I am obligated to see huge billboards advertising so many different things everyday. For example I see advertised on the I-10 strip club advertisements that I do not want to see. It is almost like taking away my agency by forcing me to look at the advertisements that are in my way. I am sure that the advertisements were put there because it is such a good way to make sure that people see what you are selling.
             The times that advertisements are hidden it is hard for a person to think of something as an advertisement. Maybe if something is hidden well enough from being an advertisement but straight forward enough to get peoples attention it will sell more. We see many times things being advertised on many movies and television shows. How are they being advertised? They are being advertised by letting the items be seen. Many times if the right person in the right spot is using an advertised item they might be able to convince us to buy something without ever telling us that it is for sale or that we should buy it. Let's look at the movie Men in Black. The Rayban bran...