In the Shadow of the Image

I do not agree that what we see on TV commercials or on billboards influences the decisions the people make. I believe that people make decisions on what they eat, drink, wear, etc on what they personally like. I don't think that just because companies put sexy women in their advertisements that it will make the product successful. The story talks about how a guy led a charge up a hill in Southern Asia that no one followed. I do not believe that this behavior was influenced by what he saw on TV, people know how to determine the difference between reality and television. However, I do understand that people are more likely the buy products that have been introduced to them through advertisements. People are more likely to buy something they are familiar with over something that they have never heard of.