This article really displays how susceptible young people are. People believe a lot of what they see on screens and in magazines when much of the time it is not entirely true. Businesses are full of dirty people who try and deceive people to get their money. No matter what laws are supposedly being enforced false advertising will always be an issue. If there is a solution what would it be? Who would enforce it and dish out the punishment? People are very sneaky and what better age group to pick on than teenagers. Not many students read into things deeply especially advertisements. If one pops up while surfing the internet about a college a student is interested in they will obviously click on it. Education is considered one of the most important parts of a person's life and if kids are being lied to about their education that just is not right. This topic should not even have to be discussed but not everybody is trustworthy. And with technology comes problems. The part that I am confused about is how many possible students are that gullible to what they read. Usually bullshit ads are somewhat easy to recognize. The ads on the side of Google might look sketchy and if that is the case then I am sure the first couple links are usually legit. My favorite part about the article is how every person interviewed on the topic stated that they did not know of this advertising and that it must have been a mistake. Maybe a few people are telling the truth but guaranteed most know the illegal actions of false advertising. Nobody likes being lied to and especially not when the person on the other end is trying to take an innocent persons money. I hope a solution is found for this issue but when it comes to computers I feel like people can always find a way around the system.
Pete Sulovski
I agree with you about people being susceptible and gullible, but do you think it would be more productive to try to make the advertising firms honest, or to try to make people less oblivious?
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