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The first paragraph must start with an attention getter and develop your opening paragraph with interesting material that builds up to a clear, concise thesis statement. Develop thethesis statement in the next three paragraphs of the (5 paragraph) essay. double-spaced with a Works Cited page in MLA.
Each body paragraph must contain a clear topic sentence, at least three sentences of development, and a clear concluding sentence. Include material from your sources ( MUST USE articles you find using the Shake LRC databases such as Academic Search Premier, Opposing ViewPoints, SIRS, etc.) and include at least two different citations in each body paragraph.
Your conclusion will be a comprehensive summary of the material you have presented and present a point.
**Please cover the above based on articles/ essays from current sources from the last 5 years**
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Commercialism in America
Introduction
Over the past decades consumer groups and consumer affairs officials especially in
government and other non-governmental organizations have focused on safe environment where
consumers have access to quality and reliable products. Firms in different industries such as
automobile, baby care products and many consumer products have been convicted with
unhealthy and unethical business conduct that continues to undermine the quality of American
consumer products (Pickard, np). Much of this effort has been devoted to making the market
work more effectively and fairly on the behalf of the consumer. Over exploitation of the
consumers especially in regards to the pricing and quality has become one of the major
challenges when it comes to American consumer environment. Nonetheless, the major issue that
the consumer movements have largely ignored is the commercialism. Commercialism is deeply
rooted within the American market system. It is the practice of gaining a lot of profits without
considering the quality of the products being sold to the public (Soine, Aeleah, and Sioban
Nelson, 82). Commercialism in a nutshell is not the aspect of buying the best products at
relatively low price; rather, it is the life-style of a nation that leaves to buy. Americans leaves to
buy.
Discussion
Commercialism or consumerism is the core of the American culture. Americans in
general tends to confuse their needs from their wants and as such consumerism has led to overconsumption (Karamanski, np). In the American culture today the growth of technology and the
increased in the information exchange through advance ways of product communication has
created and important framework in which consumption has been advanced. With the new
advances in technology as well as the role of advertisers, consumers have been provided with
easy access to new ...