Functions of advertising Hope someone have a look and modify my composition. Topic: Advertising encourages consumers to buy in quantity rather than promoting quality. To what extent do you agree or disagree？ --------------------------------------------------------------- There is a heated debate on the functions of advertising. I agree that the advertisers should persuade consumers to buy things with high quality instead of quantity. Advertisers usually recruit high-profiled people to promote their products in order to make people purchase their products as many as possible. People who like these idols tend to buy things they don't need. For example, many Chinese are crazy about Korean idols and these crazy fans may purchase everything that has their printed idols photos. As a result, they buy a lot of useless products because of those advertising. Advertisements often overstate the function of their product, which promote people to purchase these kinds of products. It is not uncommon that most people are likely to believe the effectiveness of their products in advertisements. This particularly happens to elderly people, who are easily convinced to buy some expensive health products. Thus, people fall in the trap set by advertisers again. On the other hand, some advertisements will provide people with a large amounts of information and enable consumers make a rational decision in purchasing. People is able to compare various information about different products and choose what they need the most. Take online shopping for example, people who do shopping online are willing to believe the stores with adequate information. It is good for people that they will not buy unnecessary items because of those exaggerated advertisement and product manufactories will just try their best to improve the product qualities. In conclusion, advertising have two methods to persuade people to buy their products. Stay rational when purchasing a product is very important.