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Advertising and Integrated Brand Promotion. Part 3: Social Obligations. The line. For discussion: At what point do you feel that advertising becomes intrusive, offensive, or overwhelming? What do you feel this way, and how do you respond to those ads? Let’s take a look a the Pro’s and Cons.
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Advertising and Integrated Brand Promotion • Part 3: Social Obligations
The line • For discussion: • At what point do you feel that advertising becomes intrusive, offensive, or overwhelming? What do you feel this way, and how do you respond to those ads? • Let’s take a look a the Pro’s and Cons
Pro: advertising informs • Advertising educates consumers for them to make informed decisions • Consumers can become aware of their own personal tendencies in reference to “ad persuasion” • Information leads to reduced product search time, and cost.
Con: superficial and intrusive • Advertisements carry very little, if any, product information. • Information present is biased, limited, and deceptive • Cater towards an emotional or pleasure aspects • Spam, pop-ups, cross promotion, sponsors, product placement is too much.
Pro: Lowers the cost of products • Advertising encourages production on a larger scale, and thus manufacturing costs are lower, and passed to the consumer. • Speed and scope of ads means innovation spreads quicker • Showcases a greater variety of choice. • Competition between brands stimulates manufacturers to improve
Con: wastes resources, and raises the standard of living • Does not stimulate demand, only shifts demand from one product to another, and this shift causes people to spend more money. • Widens the gap between the rich and poor
Pro: more sensitive and diverse • Showcases positive role models, and gender equality • Ethnic diversity creates a global awareness • Introduces consumers to other cultures
Con: offensive and stereotypical • Only portray people looking like their target audience • Stereotypes gender roles, agism, ethnic peoples, and social classes • Aim to be rude as a means to get your attention • Can be controversial for segments of the population (even unintentionally)
Pro: fosters affordable mass media • Television, radio, newspapers, websites and magazines are all support through ad revenue. • Allows for use of non-commercial advertising
Con: creates needs • Makes people feel they should buy things they don’t really need. • Preys on the weak.
Pro: addresses a wide variety of basic human needs • Cater to our desire for: • Biological- Hunger, thirst, bodily functions • Safety- protection, comfort • Love and Belonging- emotional attachment • Esteem- status and prestige
Activity • Using Google Slides: I want you to create a 6 slide presentation finding print ads that target the basic human needs. The slides need to be arranged as follows: • 1- Title of work, and your name • 2-5- 2 Ads per page, per need • 6- A one paragraph opinion on whether or not you agree with the pro’s or con’s of advertising.