Way back in Topic 4 I talked about how advertisers were trying to get the message across that you needed their product now and how they would use subliminal tactics to achieve it. However, in this new economic reality, subliminal advertising is no longer as effective.
Therefore, for those of you who still watch television, has anyone noticed that commercials have become far more blatant in telling you to buy it now? Words such as want, need, and save are now verbally stated (or more sadly, sung) in commercials, as well as volume and colors seemed to be turned up. It is as if every advertiser has become a used car salesperson.
The only commercials that do not seem to have changed are the wonderful medicines that make our life better. That's because you need to consult with your doctor first and the FDA monitors those types of commercials. Speaking of which, I now have a sudden urge to get longer eyelashes...
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