Cultural Difference In Advertising

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In a book "Advertising and promotion" it is described "Because of the role advertising and promotions are inquire to assume, the message and media strategies design to accomplish the sales support objectives are again different from those in the consumers products market. Messages tend to be more information loaded to the point and design to draw out inquiries or a question. Illustration, humor or sex appeals are much less commonly employed (George & Michael, 1998).
In a research paper, Jean Masquit explains that we are being exposed to the media from very early ages. The images shown through media surround us and teach us lesson about how the world should be viewed. Television is the main source to get information for the today's youth. This presents an frightening problem to our society.
Ahmed in a research points out that advertisements should not ignore cultural differences among nations, and that …show more content…

Using the content analysis method they attempted to establish if there was any cultural value difference in advertising in terms of individual determinism and materialism. The study found that the U.S. advertisements put more emphasis on individual determinism and materialism as compared to the Japenese.
Mueller (1987) studied magazine advertisements of United States and the Japan. Using a content analysis method, the investigator compared the themes in advertising and concluded that there were major similarities among the consumers in the two countries. The researcher found that the same crucial advertising appeals were used in both U.S. and Japanese advertisements. However, the level to which these appeals were used varied from one country to another. Muller suggested that the sensitivity to cultural differences is highlighted through the changing degrees of the same appeal. The author concluded that appeals such as status appeal and product worth are

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