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Understanding advertising clutter and the real solution to declining audience attention to mass media commercial messages

Understanding advertising clutter and the real solution to declining audience attention to mass... Purpose – In all mass media advertising, the increasing advertising to editorial ratio is causing audience inattention and consumer complaints. The usual solutions are more creative advertising or better hiding of the messages within the editorial content. This discussion aims to describe the real solution, first predicted by Howard Gossage five decades ago, which requires understanding the problem in historical perspective and maybe a shift back to some older practices.Design/methodology/approach – Uses a historical perspective plus the wisdom to Gossage to point out the potential salvation and future for effective advertising.Findings – More effective advertising would mean that there would be less of it.Originality/value – Abuse of audiences by intrusive advertising lowers the effectiveness of the entire communications form. For better advertising, there should be less of it and more targeted both in placement and content. This offers a more realistic statement of how advertising can maximize its persuasive power in the future. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Consumer Marketing Emerald Publishing

Understanding advertising clutter and the real solution to declining audience attention to mass media commercial messages

Rotfeld, Herbert Jack
Journal of Consumer Marketing , Volume 23 (4): 2 – Jun 1, 2006
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Emerald Publishing
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Copyright © Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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0736-3761
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10.1108/07363760610674301
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Abstract

Purpose – In all mass media advertising, the increasing advertising to editorial ratio is causing audience inattention and consumer complaints. The usual solutions are more creative advertising or better hiding of the messages within the editorial content. This discussion aims to describe the real solution, first predicted by Howard Gossage five decades ago, which requires understanding the problem in historical perspective and maybe a shift back to some older practices.Design/methodology/approach – Uses a historical perspective plus the wisdom to Gossage to point out the potential salvation and future for effective advertising.Findings – More effective advertising would mean that there would be less of it.Originality/value – Abuse of audiences by intrusive advertising lowers the effectiveness of the entire communications form. For better advertising, there should be less of it and more targeted both in placement and content. This offers a more realistic statement of how advertising can maximize its persuasive power in the future.

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Journal of Consumer Marketing – Emerald Publishing

Published: Jun 1, 2006

Keywords: Advertising; Television commercials; Advertising media; Advertising effectiveness

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