Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses 13 (2000): 67-88 Text World Creation in Advertising Discourse Laura Hidalgo Downing Universidad Autónoma‚ Madrid lhidalgo@bosque.sdi.uam.es ABSTRACT This article explores the way in which text worlds are created in advertising discourse by analysing linguistic choices and features of context which are crucial in the determination of specific relations between sender(s) and target audience(s)‚ in particular‚ deixis and frame knowledge. The argument
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humanitarian issues trough images in advertising? Negative images of developing countries are a common means adopted by Non Governmental Organisations to raise financial support for those countries. However there has been much discussion as to weather such advertising for fundraising campaigns is really authentic and if the images used represent the issue as it is. More and more NGOs turn their backs on the use of negative images‚ for example of starving children‚ and adopting new advertising strategies
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Celebrity Endorsement 1. Introduction In the past two or three decades celebrity advertising/endorsement has become common practice amongst brands that wish to create and maintain attention‚ as well as increase product or brand recall rates (Erdogan‚ 1999). However‚ the juxtaposition of brands and organisations with admirable figures that possess qualities such as likeability‚ attractiveness‚ trustworthiness and credibility is not a new phenomenon (Erdogan‚ 1999). It is believed that an eighteenth
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ROLE OF ADVERTISING IN COMMUNICATION Dettol Kitchen Gel – Liquid Dishwasher The project explores the use of communication strategies used by Dettol for the launch of its new product Dettol Kitchen Gel in the liquid dish-wash segment. The liquid dish-wash being a low consumer involvement category required aggressive communication strategies by Dettol and had thrown open a war of media communication PR activities between Dettol’s new entrant the Dettol – Kitchen gel and HUL’s Vim the market leader
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NIVEA: MANAGING A MULTI-CATEGORY BRAND1 BACKGROUND As 2005 drew to a close‚ executives at Beiersdorf’s (BDF) Cosmed division reflected on the growth of their Nivea brand over the last decade and a half. Nivea‚ the largest cosmetics brand in the world‚ had successfully defended its position during intense competition in its major European markets. Additionally‚ the company had expanded into many new markets in South and Latin America‚ Eastern Europe‚ and Asia. Nivea had created a number of new sub-brands
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Advertising Essay In today’s society‚ everyone is being constantly bombarded by commercials. The average person sees 3‚000 to 20‚000 ads in one normal day. All advertisements may seem clever but will never let the product shown live up to its full expectations. Such advertisements such as weight loss food which lets someone ‘eat as much food as they want and lose weight’‚ is just not that effective. H.G Wells quoted: “Advertising is legalized lying” In modern society‚ advertisers find new and
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Everyday Solutions. The company has an entire Company’s Purpose‚ Values‚ and Principles section to read on the webpage. However‚ Noxzema recently released and advertisement that struck at these values. The advertisement brings up many social issues in advertising today‚ such as the idea of No means Yes‚ street harassment is acceptable‚ promotes sexual violence‚ need for external validation‚ promotes an unattainable standard of physical beauty‚ and finally promotes stereo types toward construction workers
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Advertising is harmful to society Advertising is everywhere in our modern world. Wherever you care to look‚ you can find advertisements for an unimaginable variety of products. Ads play on the Internet and television‚ they show up in newspapers and magazines‚ and they decorate our cities as billboards and signs. Advertising has become so prevalent‚ in fact‚ that many people now feel it needs to be regulated. These people worry about the false messages and materialistic tone of many advertisement
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ADDVERTISING IN PROMOTING HYGIENIC LIVING‚ A STUDY OF DETTOL INTRODUCTION Advertising is a form of communication for marketing and is used to encourage or persuade an audience (Viewers‚ readers‚ or listeners; sometimes a specific group) to continue or take some new action. Most commonly‚ the desired result is to drive consumer behaviour with respect to a commercial offering and sometimes ideological offering. Advertising messages are usually paid for by sponsors and via various means including the
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used to bring changes that are desirable. There are different types of testimonials tat can be used in advertising so that a product can be made known to public. In coming up with testimonials that are important and lead to high sales there is need for a marketer to first know the perceptions of the audience and from this point of view then one will know exactly what is top be done so that advertising can be effective.( Krakauar‚1995‚pp25) There are four types of testimonials and include: customers
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