Throughout history, many individuals have had the need of accessing anything that has piqued their interest. Corporations now provide a way for individuals to buy products that match their interest. Simply developing a product does not give one a chance to be successful in selling them. Some products may have competition while on the other hand, the product may not be interesting to begin with. However, advertising is what generally makes a product be either successful or a failure. How a company persuades their consumers determines whether their products will sell or not. The Onion, a publication devoted to humor and satire, satirically criticized how corporations influence their consumers to buy their products through their article “Revolutionary …show more content…
The three important factors into selling are the three P’s: place, price, and product. However, advertising plays a huge role into selling a product and is what seals the deal. The Onion understands that advertising have been a key role in selling a product but satirically criticizes the methods that corporations use because of how foolish and humorous they are. The Onion writes the article, “Revolutionary New Insoles Combine Five Forms Of Pseudoscience”, to express the disapproval of the methods that companies are using to persuade their consumers to buy their products. By writing this article, The Onion was able to help the readers understand how these methods are introduced so that they would not be manipulated into buying the product. Now not many people buy a product because of the advertisement rather they analyze it then decide whether it is a product that must be bought or not. The Onion’s article was a starting point for many people to start analyzing a product that a company advertise. Through their success of writing an effective article that clarifies what methods are used and how they affect an individual, help encourage individuals for many generations to start analyzing the product before they