Literature Review Of Advertising

In Advertisements R Us by Melissa Rubin, she analyzes how advertisements appeal to its audience and how it reflects our society. Rubin describes a specific Coca-Cola ad from the 1950’s that contains a “Sprite Boy”, a large -Cola Coca vending machine, a variety of men, ranging from the working class to members of the army, and the occasional female. She states that this advertisement was very stereotypical of society during that decade and targeted the same demographic: white, working-class males- the same demographic that the Coca-Cola factories employed.

Advertising has been around for decades and has been the center point for buyers by different subjects peaking different audience’s interests. Advertisers make attempts to strengthen the implied and unequivocal messages in trying to manipulate consumers’ decisions. Jib Fowles wrote an article called “Advertising’s Fifteen Basic Appeals,” explaining where he got his ideas about the appeals, from studying interviews by Henry A. Murray. Fowles gives details and examples on how each appeal is used and how advertisements can “form people’s deep-lying desires, and picturing states of being that individuals privately yearn for” (552). The minds of human beings can be influenced by many basic needs for example, the need for sex, affiliation, nurture,

Advertisements have been used throughout generations to persuade the viewer to purchase the product that the company is trying to sell. However, some companies appeal to the emotions instead of trying to sell the product itself. Companies have the ability to persuade the opinions of the reader and make an advertisement that can be mesmerizing. Advertisements have helped the awareness of what a products good for or how it is better than the other retailers product. As Jeremy Bradley states “Advertising can help your business to increase its value and build its reputation” (Bradley, Jeremy. The Impact of Advertising & Sales Promotion in Revenue, Increasing Value).

When viewing advertisements, commercials, and marketing techniques in the sense of a rhetorical perspective, rhetorical strategies such as logos, pathos, and ethos heavily influence the way society decides what products they want to purchase. By using these strategies, the advertisement portrayal based on statistics, factual evidence, and emotional involvement give a sense of need and want for that product. Advertisements also make use of social norms to display various expectations among gender roles along with providing differentiation among tasks that are deemed with femininity or masculinity. Therefore, it is of the advertisers and marketing team of that product that initially have the ideas that influence

Advertisement, as previously investigated, has to draw one’s attention and promote particular product. Amid this feature, the essence of advertising is visual communication. As the role of language is crucial in further analysis, the visual presentation is the first element that make the receiver be interested with the advertisement.

The rise of the economy America in the 1920s resulted to American Consumerism. This is because it was in era that a lot of discoveries are found and inventions are made which led to the thriving businesses in the United States (Business and Economy, 2012). This period is also known as the Roaring Twenties. Because of the many discoveries and inventions, there has been a massive use of automobiles, telephones, motion pictures and electricity which contributed to the increased demand of the consumer. This later on resulted to deliberate changes in lifestyle and culture in the U.S. The popular culture in the 1920s was characterized by various factors. With the growth of Hollywood, the movie industry advanced and many movies

Advertisement plays a big role in our society and it’s a way of attracting people ‘s attention. For instance, McDonald’s website illustrates a vision of focus, perspectives and colors to approach the audience in a way of selling products only using three methods. These methods are logos, pathos, and ethos. Logos is an argument or form based on a logic, pathos make appeals based on emotions and ethos is the form or appeal of character or credibility. Using these three methods is a way to analysis how McDonalds persuade, inform, and reminder in advertisement. As a community it’s our duty to understand how global market corporation use advertisement to sell.

Advertising is a form of propaganda that plays a huge role in society and is readily apparent to anyone who watches television, listens to the radio, reads newspapers, uses the internet, or looks at a billboard on the streets and buses. The effects of advertising begin the moment a child asks for a new toy seen on TV or a middle aged man decides he needs that new car. It is negatively impacting our society. To begin, the companies which make advertisements know who to aim their ads at and how to emotionally connect their product with a viewer. For example, “Studies conducted for Seventeen magazine have shown that 29 percent of adult women still buy the brand of coffee they preferred as a teenager, and 41 percent buy the same brand of mascara” (Source

Whether it is a pop-up ad, flyer, billboard, or television commercial, it is inevitable to not see a single commercial as one goes about their day. Sponsors will constantly find a way to advertise their product or service, even if it is not wanted. People will go to extensive lengths to avoid watching commercials at all cost, whether they use an ad blocker or buy a subscription service, they want to evade any interruptions that may disrupt what they actually want to watch. Despite how annoying commercials can be, they are an essential aspect of a company persuading people to buy their product or service. The main way sponsors use commercials to persuade is the use of classic rhetorical appeals, such as ethos (appeal to ethics), logos (appeal to logic), and pathos (appeal to emotion). However, GEICO is well-known to take a different approach to using rhetorical appeals. GEICO is an auto insurance company that has a very well-produced advertising campaign with a nationally identifiable mascot, the GEICO Gecko, and many viral commercials, including, but not limited to, the GEICO “Piggy” and the infamous GEICO Hump Day Camel. While it may not seem like it, GEICO commercials contain more rhetorical appeals than portrayed.

Technology has challenged the rules of privacy, and people are questioning if privacy is a necessity anymore. Technology, specifically apple products such as iPhones, is a need in many people’s lives, and they cannot imagine not being able to check their phones for the weather or to ask Siri to find the closest restaurant. Unfortunately, people do not realize companies use technology for targeted advertising, which is an invasion of privacy. An invasion of privacy is when people’s private information is used to influence them and is given to other people or companies unknowingly. Targeted advertising is further explained in the article “Behavioral Ads Offer a Windfall for Marketers, Publishers” that targeted ads “involve tracking consumers’ web surfing and shopping habits so marketers can

It’s no secret that companies spend a lot of time, effort, and money on just one single advertisement – possibly much more than one might think. When creating an ad, there are many aspects that the company needs to consider. The arrangement of objects on a single page, the colors used that the viewer will easily notice, and the words that the corporation have methodically strung together are all crucial characteristics when an advertisement is in the making. An advertisement for Del Monte, in the magazine Ladies’ Home Journal, has done a spectacular job in meeting these standards when promoting their fresh cut green beans.

This literature review focus on digital marketing, advertising to children and use of digital device. While many new marketing technique are being developed using the internet and digital devices as communication tools, little literature will consider the implications for children in-depth. Partly because the field of digital marketing is growing so rapidly, and partly because children use of the internet is increasing so fast and at the young age, much of the academic literature struggle to keep up with new trend what literature does exist trends to be highly critical, but is not necessarily based on sound search that looks at the real world of children’s

Every day, we as humans involved in a modern society are constantly being immersed and surrounded by a world of advertisements. We live our every day lives yes, but we are always being bombarded by this societal norm called advertisements. What is an advertisement? Simply, Merriam Webster’s online dictionary defines an advertisement as: something (such as a short film or a written notice) that is shown or presented to the public to help sell a product or to make an announcement. Many people today would argue that we are exposed to an unnecessarily

(Weilbacher et al 2003) Advertisements do not affect the whole; but only what consumers have learnt and perceived about the product. Advertisements main task is to explain the complete idea in different way so products have a livelong impact on consumer mind. To analyze customer behavior more aggressively, firms need to understand some important aspects of consumer behavior that are associated with product so consumer buying behavior can be understood.

A creative advertising can lead to more memorable, longer lasting, works with less media spending, and builds a community faster. Lack of creative advertising, Pensonic Holdings Berhad is hard to inspiring people to buy their products. Ads that simply catalogue product attributes or benefits were not enough to attract the customer attention and positive attitudes about the products being marketed cannot lead to the customers (Werner & Peter, 2013). Effective advertisements are advertisements that help the advertiser to reach its goals (Doyle & Saunders, 1990). Other than that, According to most studies in different countries, revealed that TV has the biggest effects on audiences and persuade them to start purchasing processes. Pensonic products are less appearance in television ads, therefore Pensonic Holdings Berhad lack of the influence on consumers’ taste and perception. Also, it fails to reach a large audience in a cost-efficient manner. (Anup Shah, 2012) Moreover, people perceived Pensonic products as low quality appliances and a cheap brand due the price of its products were cheaper than other brand. It’s often perceived for middle and lower class people (Mohamad,