Criticisms of marketing
One aspect of marketing is the act of disiminating information about a product, service, brand, organization or ideal to an intended audience. Ideally this audience is a targeted group based on age, sex, locality, wealth or some other mix of market segmentation variables. But marketers' ability to use mass media to influence buyer decision
processes gives them a power that is threatening to many people.
Marketing has many legitimate uses including discovering what products people want, informing people about valuable products
and services, and generating revenue for charitable organizations. On the other hand however, its techniques have often been used
for morally dubious purposes by businesses, governments, and criminals.
Many people feel that marketing, like any other technology, is essentially amoral : it can be used for good or evil, but
the technique itself is not ameniable to ethical analysis. But there are many critics of modern marketing and management
techniques that see a systemic social evil inherent in the discipline (see No
Logo or Marxism). Marketing is accused of creating ruthless exploitation of
both consumers and workers. It is claimed that it turns people into commodities, objects whose purpose is to consume (see
consumer).
see also: marketing, Marxism
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