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/^t/One of the components mass media comprise is advertisements aiming at convincing both watchers and listeners that what they see or hear is best and they should 'try it and buy it'. Some people claim that, being immune to commercials as ridiculous and exaggerated, they treat them purely as a means of acquiring information about new products. One may notice, however, that this 'immunity' is finally broken so that one purchases what they never wanted as a result of permanent audible and visual bombardment, one of psychological tricks used by creators of advertisements, of which a man in the street is completely unaware.