(1) Whenever people give information to the public about an event, a product, or a service, they are using advertising. A piece of advertising is called an advertisement, or ad. Ads appear almost everywhere. They are found in newspapers and magazines. They appear on television, radio, and the Internet. Ads are also posted as signs in all kinds of public places. (2) The goal of most advertising is to make the public want to buy whatever is being advertised. People also use advertising to make the public form opinions about things. For example, an ad could try to make the public believe that a company treats its workers well. (3) When advertisers want many people to see or hear their ads, they pay the media to have the ads published or broadcast. Newspapers and magazines publish or print ads between their articles. Television and radio network broadcast, or play ads during their programs. Television and radio ads are also called commercials. Web sites, buses, movie theaters, and many other places also display ads in exchange for money. (4) Signs were the fast form of advertising. Even thousands of years ago people created hand-lettered signs to advertise their goods and services. The invention of the printing press in the 1400s expanded this type of advertising. Merchants could print dozens of the same posters and fliers to advertise what they were selling. In the 1600s and 1700s newspapers appeared in Europe. The Americas and Japan. Advertising then became even more widespread. What is one important idea related to advertisements that the writer mentions in
What is one important idea related to advertisements that the writer mentions in Paragraph ((1)?