Which statement about persuasion in business communication today is most accurate?
a. effective persuasion focuses on manipulating others.
b. persuasive tactics are more impersonal today than they were many years ago.
c. social media is not an effective means of persuasion in the eyes of many businesses.
d. the number of persuasive messages americans receive per day has declined.

b. Persuasive tactics are more impersonal today than they were many years ago.

Explanation:

In the past, not many people aware of marketing tricks that can manipulate their emotion to persuade them to buy a certain products. After such marketing tricks become more commonly known by the public,  the effect wouldn't be as effective as it used to.

Because of this, many businesses start to adopt an impersonal tactics to win over their consumers. Rather than try manipulating their customers' emotion, they start to persuade them using scientific facts or researchers that convince the customers that the product would be beneficial for them.

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