In our modern world, advertising plays a major role in our daily lives: it influences the decisions we make about our clothing, our food, and our cars. 2 many shoppers insist on expensive name brand clothing, even if the quality is not better than the bargain priced items. 3 because of advertising, children as young as two years old recognize and sing along with fast food melodies and beg parents for a particular brand of sweetened cereal. 4 studies show that both men and women are greatly influenced by prime time commercials featuring automobiles.
in this paragraph, which sentence states the thesis?