Just how influenced are we all by marketing? What appeals to us–a product in blue, red or green packaging? If we can’t find the product we want, do we settle on a substitute because it’s there at eye level and ‘looks’ pretty much like the product we can’t find?
How often do we believe in public relations and what’s the difference between marketing and public relations? According to Simon Wakeman,
In my mind, both are propaganda. What makes it so easy for humans to believe marketing, public relations, advertising–propaganda? Are these necessary for human survival?
All four certainly pervade, and quite often, take over, our lives.