When Advertisers Spend Millions of Dollars Trying to Convince People

question 19

Multiple Choice

When advertisers spend millions of dollars trying to convince people that their products will make them sexier,healthier and more successful,they are trying to:

• A)manipulate consumers' value systems.
• B)shorten product life cycles.
• C)avoid the need to use peripheral advertising.
• D)proliferate stereotypical consumers.
• E)avoid the use of puffery.

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