Advertising in the Aging Society

Advertising in the Aging Society
Author: Florian Kohlbacher
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 179
Release: 2016-04-08
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1137586605

Population aging is a powerful megatrend affecting many countries around the world. This demographic shift has vast effects on societies, economies and businesses, and thus also for the advertising industry. Advertising in the Aging Society presents insights from a large-scale content analysis as well as questionnaire surveys among advertising practitioners and consumers in Japan. As the most aged society in the world, Japan lends itself as particularly suitable to study the implications of population aging. This book shows that older people, and especially older women, are highly underrepresented in advertising and are generally portrayed in stereotypical, albeit not necessarily unfavorable ways. This is despite the fact that advertising practitioners have a generally positive view towards using older models, even though only for an older target audience. Finally the book explore how both younger and older consumers perceive the representation of older people in advertising as stereotypical and partly negative, and are willing to boycott companies portraying older people negatively.

Advertising and Reality

Advertising and Reality
Author: Amir Hetsroni
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2012-11-02
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 144111503X

Advertising and Reality: A Global Study of Representation and Content offers, for the first time, an extensive study of the way our life is represented in advertising. Leading scholars from different countries, who specialize in marketing communication and media studies, review and analyze different advertising contents and give us a truly cross-cultural view of the matter. Among the contents that are thoroughly discussed throughout the book one finds sexuality, violence, family activities, gender roles, vocations, minorities roles, periodical reconstruction and more. This book provides an up-to-date picture of the way modern life is portrayed in the most popular format of marketing communication worldwide.

Representing Ageing

Representing Ageing
Author: V. Ylänne
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 267
Release: 2012-05-22
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1137009349

This collection critically examines twenty-first century representations of ageing, focusing on various media images and discourses as well as individuals' own experiences and self-presentations of ageing, drawing on innovative new empirical data.

Understanding the Older Consumer

Understanding the Older Consumer
Author: Barrie Gunter
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2012-10-12
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1134663919

In Understanding the Older Consumer, Barrie Gunter provides a detailed examination of the demographic, behavioural and psychological profiles of the older consumer. He shows that without the responsibilities of loans and child raising and with better financial provision than in previous years, the over-50s represent a powerful spending force. In order to reach this group, Barrie Gunter shows how to target advertising and respond to the changes that have occurred. Understanding the Older Consumer provides a wealth of information on older people's lifestyles and leisure, their interest in the mass media, their perceptions of advertising and their shopping.

Portraying Older People in Advertising

Portraying Older People in Advertising
Author: Thomas E. Robinson II
Publisher: Garland Science
Total Pages: 112
Release: 2021-11-19
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 100052521X

First published in 1998. As society grows and changes, advertisers are faced with the challenge of matching their advertising messages to new and different target audiences. For example, children, adolescents, men, women, and "older" individuals are all audiences with specific needs, wants, and desires that advertisers must address in their advertising appeals. The purpose of this research is to determine the degree to which certain advertisements in the general interest media portray older individuals differently depending on the target audience. Specifically, this study examines advertisers’ attempts, in the electronic and print media, to target and attract the business of the older population.

The Routledge Handbook of Destination Marketing

The Routledge Handbook of Destination Marketing
Author: Dogan Gursoy
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 710
Release: 2018-04-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1351588273

This book examines key contemporary marketing concepts, issues and challenges that affect destinations within a multidisciplinary global perspective. Uniquely combining both the theoretical and practical approaches, this handbook discusses cutting edge marketing questions such as innovation in destinations, sustainability, social media, peer-to-peer applications and web 3.0. Drawing from the knowledge and expertise of 70 prominent scholars from over 20 countries around the world, The Routledge Handbook of Destination Marketing aims to create an international platform for balanced academic research with practical applications, in order to foster synergetic interaction between academia and industry. For these reasons, it will be a valuable resource for both researchers and practitioners in the field of destination marketing.

Aging, Media, and Culture

Aging, Media, and Culture
Author: C. Lee Harrington
Publisher: Lexington Books
Total Pages: 267
Release: 2014-06-18
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0739183648

The intersections of aging, media, and culture are under-explored given trends in population aging, rapid increases in the mediation of everyday life, and the growing cultural significance of media consumption at the global level. This book brings together an international collection of critical scholars, both well-established and up-and-coming, from the various academic disciplines that share a common interest in the future study of aging and media. This anthology of original articles integrates aging theory and media studies through a study of core issues including the media’s influence on the construction of “old age,” the reciprocal influence of aging on media industries, age-based identities in a mediated world, issues of gender and sexuality in an aging society, and the practical implications of a more integrated approach between the two fields. The chapters explore the intersections between aging and media in the realms of advertising/marketing, television, film, music, celebrity and social media, among others.

Integration of Preference Analysis Methods into QFD for Elderly People

Integration of Preference Analysis Methods into QFD for Elderly People
Author: Samah Abu-Assab
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2012-03-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3834970751

Especially in industrial countries the portion of elderly people is growing in many societies. Their needs are more intensified than the demands of younger people in many aspects. Companies need the right tools (e.g. market research methods for elderly people) to detect these needs, preferences, and demands of elderly people. Samah Abu-Assab verifies two existing research methods and suggests a new one for determining the preferences of elderly people. The new method seems to be promising and adequate for the elderly target group.

Controversies in Contemporary Advertising

Controversies in Contemporary Advertising
Author: Kim Bartel Sheehan
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2013-07-18
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1483315436

Presenting a range of perspectives on advertising in a global society, this Second Edition of Controversies in Contemporary Advertising examines economic, political, social, and ethical perspectives and covers a number of topics including stereotyping, controversial products, consumer culture, and new technology. The book is divided equally between macro and micro issues, providing a balanced portrait of the role advertising has in society today. Author Kim Bartel Sheehan′s work recognizes the plurality of opinions towards advertising, allowing the reader to form and analyze their own judgments. It encourages readers to obtain a critical perspective on advertising issues.