Academic Paper from the year 2017 in the subject Business economics - Business Management, Corporate Governance, , course: Ph.D, language: English, abstract: The influence of media on consumer behavior is profound. The billions of dollars spent in advertising each year attest to the impact of media on consumer purchasing and buying preferences. The ability of media to shape consumer trends and tastes through media such as movies, television shows and music is all-pervasive. New media such as Internet sites accelerates consumer receptivity to products through comments made on websites and blogs. Media is such a part of our daily lives that we don’t even realize it's influencing us in big and small ways. Media use in advertising is purposely designed to elicit a change in consumer action, belief and perception. It unabashedly woos us to buy products we don’t need and trust wholly with product claims that are puffer or exaggerated. In today’s dynamic world, it is almost impossible for advertisers to deliver advertising message and information to buyers without use of advertising. Certainly, this may be because of the globalization and accessibility of hundreds of channels for the viewers of this modern era. Now a day, due to globalized economy, this made available a bulk of marketing stimuli to the modern consumers. More often consumerism describes the way of equating personal happiness, with purchasing material possessions and consumption in excess of one’s need. The main purpose of media advertising itself is to persuade audience to take some action with respect to products, ideas, or services. The success of media advertisements can be determined by the consumer’s final decision to consume the said products or service, in oppose to the competitors. In correlation, consumer behavior indicates the act of acquiring, using and disposing of products, services, ideas, or experiences whilst includes the search for information and actual purchase. The outlets of mass media include, but not limited to billboards, Internet, magazine, television, and radio. Mass media advertising generally dwells on multiple outlets and tends to be consistent when it comes to visually branding their image. This serves the purpose of generating consumer’s association with specific value and concepts with the company’s products.