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/^t/A few years ago advertising was not much popular in Poland. We did not have any street hoardings or catchy jingles on television. The very notion "advertisement" sounded strange and unfamiliar to us. We used to associate various advertisements with the western culture and its richness. Nowadays we are almost bombarded with different forms of modern advertising. Locking through magazines and newspapers or watching TV our eyes are easily riveted to coloured pictures presenting something that "will brighten up our lives". But the question is: to what extent is modern advertising useful?