Video
In this part of the webquest process students had to watch this short video on the history of marketing and write down 2 questions about it in order to prepare a class discussion. Below you can see some of the questions they came up with.
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– Do you feel bombarded with ads?
– Why do advertisements change a lot with the pass of the time?
– Why do people buy the best advertised things?
– What do you think it is better, advertising as it was before or as it is now?
– Do you think there are too many advertisements on TV?
– Do you think excessive ads can produce a rejection of brands?
– Do you believe that competence is a good or bad agent for society?
– In which way has advertising changed?
– Nowadays there are a lot of brands, depending on what factor do we choose one brand or another?
– A lot of people feel attacked by advertising, what measures could be taken to solve this problem?
– What influences us the most when we buy a product?
– Do you think people lived better before advertisements?
-Which are the pros and cons of advertising?
– Do we really need so many advertising?
– What does the video refer to when they say that “life in this century isn’t easy”?
– Do you think that it is a good idea to have a lot of brands for the same product?
– How can we know that a product from “brand X” is better than another?
– Is it easy to advertise something and make it a success?
– What percentage of people feels continuously bombarded with ads? Do you feel like them?
– What is the main message that the video wants to transmit?
