Week 5 Vulnerable Target Audience in Advertising Flashcards
Define Persuasion Knowledge Model.
Consumer’s beliefs in and knowledge of the marketing system (e.g. production and consumption), a company’s goals, marketing strategies, and products.
Define Targets.
Those people for whom a persuasion attempt is intended (e.g. consumers).
Define Agent.
Whomever a target identifies as being responsible for designing and constructing a persuasion attempt (e.g. the company responsible for an advertising campaign; an individual salesperson).
Define Persuasion “attempt”.
(Rather than ad, sales presentation, or message) to describe a target’s perception of an agent’s strategic behaviour in presenting information designed to influence someone’s beliefs, attitudes, decisions, or action.
What does Persuasion Coping Behaviour encompasses of to a target?
It encompasses not only their cognitive and physical actions during any one persuasion episode, but also any thinking they do about an agent’s persuasion behaviour in anticipation of a persuasion attempt, as well as between and after episodes in a campaign.
What does Consumer’s persuasion coping knowledge enable them to do?
Recognise, analyse, interpret, evaluate, and remember persuasion attempts and to select and execute coping tactics believed to be effective and appropriate.
What are the pros of advertising?
- educate consumers (informs)
- improves standard of the living - economic effects of advertising lower the cost of products.
- addresses wide variety of basic human needs
- only reflects society’s priorities
- are showing more sensitivity
- a source of fulfilment and liberation
- democratic art
- fosters a diverse and affordable mass media
What are the cons of advertising?
- superficial and intrusive
- wastes resources and raises the standard of living only for some.
- create needs
- promotes materialism
- perpetuates stereotypes is often offensive
- may deceive via subliminal stimulation
- affects programming
Explain the Hierarchy of needs from top to bottom.
- Physiological needs
- Safety needs
- Love and belonging needs
- Esteem needs
- Self-actualisation needs
Define Ethics.
Moral standards and principles against which behaviour is judged.
How to conclude if something is ethical or not?
Personal judgement.
Define Deception.
Making false or misleading statements in an advertisement.
Define Puffery.
Using absolute superlatives. (considered legal)
Define Appeal of a free gift.
Draws a harsh reaction from consumers.
Define Emotional appeals.
Neither illegal nor unethical.
What are the damaging consequences of advertising to children?
- Promotes superficiality
- Creates values found in material goods and consumption.
- Influences demands for everything - Child-parent conflict
What are the arguments for advertising to children?
- Children understand what advertising is.
- Children will gain a healthy skpeticism for advertising
- Children clearly recognise its intent.
What is the children’s Television Acts.
Restricts advertising on children’s programming.
What are some Controversial products to be advertised?
Tobacco, alcoholic beverages, gambling and lotteries, and firearms.
What are the arguments for advertising controversial products?
- Children are aware that the products are intended as adult products.
- Advertising cannot create primary demand in mature product categories.
Define Primary Demand.
Demand for an entire product category.
Product category demand is the result of:
- Social and cultural trends
- Economic conditions
- Technological change
- Other broad influences on consumers’ needs and lifestyles
What are the 2 complex issues?
- Basis for the claim of vulnerability.
2. Basis for categorising controversial products.y
List the areas of regulation.
- Deceptive and unfairness in advertising
- Competitive issues
- Advertising to children