What does advertising mean to you: information or manipulation?

Question

What does advertising mean to you: information or manipulation?

Answer 1

hmmmm, how can you manipulate without information?

A better definition would be "Using Information to influence the buying decisions of customers"  Does that = Manipulation?  sure thing.

Is that bad?  No.

You manipulate people all the time by presenting your ideas, opinions, and thoughts.  It's part of life.

Answer 2

Manipulation.  The more you hear and see something the more it stays in your mind.  That's why we get drenched with all this marketing and advertisement.  

It's informative in the fact that it tells you what's available.  But it makes you think you need it which makes it manipulative.

Answer 3

I must say this is the best question in the whole world. I would say a mixture of both. But mainly manipulation

Answer 4

If the product is something that is useful and you did not know about it than its information. If its a lousy product with great advertising - manipulation.

Either has nothing to do with calling you at dinner - thats just rude either way

Answer 5

I think is a kind of manipulation and i'm saying this because i'm studying marketing and i know that is a kind of manipulation because things are presented in order to influence the consumer: colours, music,forms,images this are all tipes of manipulation .

Answer 6

It means harassing me in the middle of dinner.