| − | '''Advertising''' is taking a deliberate action to get recognition among a given population group for some purpose. Most advertising is paid for with the specific goal of selling a product or service. Some advertising neither costs money nor does it produce revenue. As an example, public service announcements warning of the dangers of [[cigarette]]s are often times run for free, and do not result in spending money on a product, merely living healthier and longer. | + | '''Advertising''' is taking a deliberate action to get recognition among a given population group for some purpose. Most advertising is paid for specifically to sell a product or service. Some advertising neither costs money nor produces revenue. As an example, public service announcements warning of the dangers of [[cigarette]]s are often run for free result not in more money spent but in healthier and longer lives. |