These types of advertisements are known as public service announces or PSA’s. The purpose of a PSA is to raise awareness or change the publics opinion on social issues. Unlike regular advertisements, PSA’s run free of charge to be advertised because they truly have good intentions of helping the American public. Key social issues such as drug and alcohol use, texting and drive, and sexual assault are some of the messages public service announcements attempt to bring attention to. It is obvious that we hold PSA’s to different standards than other advertisements because it is clear the their main intention is trying to help the public. Many people would say that public service announcements should be allowed to be broadcasted while other types of advertisements should not, but yet they are both still advertisements. There are some public services announcements that fail and send the wrong message to the public. The advertising industry is never going to be
These types of advertisements are known as public service announces or PSA’s. The purpose of a PSA is to raise awareness or change the publics opinion on social issues. Unlike regular advertisements, PSA’s run free of charge to be advertised because they truly have good intentions of helping the American public. Key social issues such as drug and alcohol use, texting and drive, and sexual assault are some of the messages public service announcements attempt to bring attention to. It is obvious that we hold PSA’s to different standards than other advertisements because it is clear the their main intention is trying to help the public. Many people would say that public service announcements should be allowed to be broadcasted while other types of advertisements should not, but yet they are both still advertisements. There are some public services announcements that fail and send the wrong message to the public. The advertising industry is never going to be