The exact same hollywierd people who claim violence in films/TV do not cause violence in society because they have no effect on people will also turn around and sell ads to advertisers because then people will buy their product.
So somehow they can magically create a demand in ones mind for a product but not inspire violence in that same mind. AMAZING.
It always amazed me that you can show, during the family hour, knifing, shooting, dismemberment, body burning, all kinds of violence against other humans but don’t you dare show a boob or a tallywacker. Oh, the humanity if someone sees a natural creation of GOD but blood and guts are OK. AMAZING!
The only part of advertising we know for sure actually sells products is product awareness. They let you know about stuff you might want to buy, they don’t make you buy anything. Everybody knows about violence. There’s no magic in the creation of demand, it’s just about product awareness.
They don’t actually show that stuff during the family hour. They imply it often, but they don’t actually show it. Of course most good movie directors will tell you implication gets a message across better than showing something. Which creates an interesting dichotomy when trying to “protect” kids from images, we don’t want to show them these things, but not showing them implants them deeper in their heads.