Immersed in a Sea of Persuasion

We are surrounded by persuasive messages everywhere in our daily lives. We are persuaded to do things by the media, our family and friends, and also through hearing others speak. The media immerses us in a sea of persuasion through advertisements. Commercials are made in a way that persuade us to make certain purchases, sometimes even showing a competing brand of the same product, telling us to pick one over the other for various reasons. Our family and friends also use persuasion in order to get us to do something. Examples of family and friends immersing us in a sea of persuasion could be everyday simple things such as a mother persuading her children to do their chores, or getting good grades by using methods of persuasion. We encounter persuasion almost every day with our friends who constantly try to talk us into things. Speeches are heard by many, an example would be the recent elections in which many politicians used the methods of persuasion to gain votes. A listener must identify what they are trying to be persuaded about and weigh out the positives and negatives that go along with their actions along with outcomes.