Help Wanted Online Advertising (HWA)

The United States and New Zealand are the only developed countries that allow direct-to-consumer advertising. Whether the practice of direct to consumer advertising is beneficial to the consumers or not is a highly debated subject with both positions presenting sound reasoning for their position. Whether the practice is beneficial or not to the consumer is not the question, but rather, is advertising prescription drugs directly to consumers ethical? To analyze this question I will use Rawls’s second principle of distributive justice for analysis.

From the Pharmaceutical industry perspective direct-to-consumer advertising builds a sense of trust between consumer and drug manufactures; as well as providing consumers with knowledge of illnesses and treatment options. The Pharmaceutical Companies feel that exposing viewers/readers to a high level of symptoms it will prompt the consumers will create and open dialog with their physicians about their health issues, due to the advertisement consumers are aware of side effects allowing them under the guidance of a licensed physician make the best suitable drug option (DeGeorge pg320).

Heather Havrilesky sums up what is wrong with a lot of Americans in the first two paragraphs, in that we are never happy with what we have and always wanting more. If we would just step back and take it all in, we might all be surprised for at least a moment. “In show creator Matthew Weiner’s telling, the birth of the advertising age coincides directly with the birth of our discontent as a nation-and what got lost in the hustle were our souls” (Havrilesky 175). The 50’s and 60’s was the coming of age for advertising and the beginning of our dissatisfaction of our daily lives as Americans. Heather Havrilesky says “Slowly we come to view our own lives as inconsequential, grubby, even intolerable” (170). We see this as every day, as Americans

The internet has made everything simple especially in business. The world has changed to become a global village where all people can access. They do that to check on what is new in the market or the current trends. Marketers and advertisers have seen an opportunity in the fact that people are always on the internet. They market their products on the internet by posting them on different websites for people to be able to see them. That type of advertising that takes place on the internet is referred to as online marketing or online advertising or internet advertising. It included email marketing, social media marketing, display advertising, search engine marketing (SEM), and mobile advertising. This type of marketing involves a publisher who posts the advertisement, with the permission of the owner of the website to post an advert for the viewers of the website to see. It occurs at a certain fee. Marketers have mastered the most commonly used websites, like the social media websites where they post their advertisement for the millions of people in social media to see them. They usually appear in the screen making it inevitable for a person to view it (Webb, 2007).

America's population is aging, leading to the need for more elder care services. One service most individuals will need at one time or another is legal aid. A person may need assistance with estate planning and administration, guardianship, conservatorship and commitment matters and long term care matters. Attorneys offering elder care services need to ensure individuals needing this type of help know where to turn for assistance and direct mail can be of great help in getting the word out about one's practice.

Specify the mix of online and offline communication tools used to attract visitors to the company website or internet with the brand through other digital media such as email or

Viktor drives a 2013 Dodge RAM. He realized he was wasting up to $1,000 in gas money a week so he did a little car research. Two days later, he was driving down the freeway on his way home from work. He glanced at a neatly placed billboard of a 2016 Prius with excellent mileage. The car fascinated Viktor. He bought the car right away and traded in his gas chugging truck. Viktor was happy and ready to use the money he will save on a vacation.

Direct-to-Consumer Advertisements have both good and bad aspects to it, as discussed previously. The question that comes to mind is whether or not the beneficial sides outweigh the bad ones in the eyes of consumers, physicians, and other healthcare providers. According to Kannan et al (1), 97 physicians of the 155 surveyed, reported that patients asked about a drug advertisement they had seen. Of those 97 physicians, 51 of them agreed that the drugs they questioned about were not useful for their condition. Only 51 physicians of the 155 thought that this would help strengthen the relationship between them and their patients. Rather, 82 doctors thought it would hurt the relationships. This could be due in part that the doctor would be declining

Healthcare professionals look to the past research studies regarding direct to consumer advertisement (DTCA) for insight as to how to deal with patients. There have been studies that measured the patient’s behavior, the patient-physician relationship, and interpersonal communication, as it pertains to office visits encounters, most of which include socio-demographic analysis. More recently, researchers are starting once again to focus their attention on the progression of the interactive development between the patient and physician because the decision-making process is the focal point of what patient expect from clinicians. The literature reviewed in this study includes primary research and secondary analysis, which include different methods either hand survey and or via telephone.

In today's world advertising is everywhere. Many people hate it because it annoys them or they believe that it is propaganda designed to manipulate people into buying a certain product. In reality advertising helps to pay for services, foster free trade and bring attention to good causes.

To begin the those who support direct to consumer advertising claim that this method educates consumers and allows them to take charge of their health. Their strongest argument for direct to consumer advertising is that “informing consumers will benefit the drive for health care reform” (Delbaere). Delbaere also suggests that consumers can benefit from theses ads by having access to different information sources about drugs and other treatment options rather than relying solely on health care providers. (more info/ research)

Direct-to-consumer advertising, or otherwise known as DTC advertising, is a form of advertising that directs its attention towards patients. Sometimes, DTC advertising refers to how pharmaceutical products are marketed. In chapter two of Drugs For Life - How Pharmaceutical Companies Define Our Health, Joseph Dumit describes how these DTC advertisements become a lucrative way of exploiting patients. In a world of ongoing mass pharmaceutical consumption, if merchants are able to persuade Americans to go to a doctor and request a prescription, “the marginal profits could potentially become more than enough to cover advertising costs.” (Dumit 56). Essentially, Dumit focuses on how grammar and certain images, produced by DTC advertisements, are successful in generating concern and anxiety, which in response drives people to seek medical

This essay aims to demonstrate the ways in which the advertising industry has helped to shape production. In this essay I will be using

In today’s business world, social media is being discussed on a daily basis. This phenomenon has taken over the marketing and advertising industries and has changed the way they handle their efforts to attract customers. There is a big misunderstanding that social media are only popular networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter, but as defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary, social media are “forms of electronic communication (as Web sites for social networking and micro blogging) through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content (as videos).” The rise of these online communities has given companies an opportunity to engage in conversations with their customers. This in

At the core of any successful business is a functioning, well-organized network. The design of that network can be a daunting task for even the most skilled of Information Technology and Networking Professionals. To make that task more manageable it’s easier to divide it up into the key components needed to implement a successful network design. In this proposal we will go through those key areas and understand the needs of Worldwide Advertising Inc. and some of the suggested solutions specific to the organization.