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Berlin, Rebakah. OVER Advertising. Penguin: Detriot. 2007. Print.
Berlin, Rebakah. OVER Advertising. Penguin: Detriot. 2007. Print.
The
following paragraph is from a book about limiting advertising in order to make
our choices simpler.
Advertising leads to many people being overwhelmed by the endless need to decide between competing demands on their attention – this is known as the tyranny of choice or choice overload. Recent research suggests that people are on average less happy than they were 30 years ago - despite being better off and having much more choice of things to spend their money on. The claims of adverts crowd in on people, raising expectations about a product and leading to inevitable disappointment after it is bought. Shoppers feel that a poor purchase is their fault for not choosing more wisely, and regret not choosing something else instead. Some people are so overwhelmed that they cannot choose at all.