Are advertisements shaping our consciousness? An Analysis of selected chinese new year print and tv advertisements

Social scientists have long believed that cultural values differ widely, particularly around such socially embedded issues as status, gender, family, ethics, and mores. Advertising helps to affect a “transfer of values” by establishing a nexus between what a culture views as desirable states of bein...

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Main Author: Ng, Chee Huat
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Language:English
Published: 2008
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spelling ukm-3092016-12-14T06:27:00Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/309/ Are advertisements shaping our consciousness? An Analysis of selected chinese new year print and tv advertisements Ng, Chee Huat Social scientists have long believed that cultural values differ widely, particularly around such socially embedded issues as status, gender, family, ethics, and mores. Advertising helps to affect a “transfer of values” by establishing a nexus between what a culture views as desirable states of being and particular products. This research is a study on print advertisements during the 2007 Chinese New Year session that appeared in the main English daily, The Star. To what extend does Chinese New Year messages affect consumers‟ consciousness on cultural values? Semiotic analysis and personal interviews were used to answer these research questions. Consumers are aware of the commercial driven-purpose of these advertisements. They appeared to know the intention of the advertisers of “playing with their consciousness” and had thus put up their defenses. 2008 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/309/1/1.pdf Ng, Chee Huat (2008) Are advertisements shaping our consciousness? An Analysis of selected chinese new year print and tv advertisements. Jurnal Komunikasi, 24 . pp. 34-45. ISSN 0128-1496
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description Social scientists have long believed that cultural values differ widely, particularly around such socially embedded issues as status, gender, family, ethics, and mores. Advertising helps to affect a “transfer of values” by establishing a nexus between what a culture views as desirable states of being and particular products. This research is a study on print advertisements during the 2007 Chinese New Year session that appeared in the main English daily, The Star. To what extend does Chinese New Year messages affect consumers‟ consciousness on cultural values? Semiotic analysis and personal interviews were used to answer these research questions. Consumers are aware of the commercial driven-purpose of these advertisements. They appeared to know the intention of the advertisers of “playing with their consciousness” and had thus put up their defenses.
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Are advertisements shaping our consciousness? An Analysis of selected chinese new year print and tv advertisements
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title Are advertisements shaping our consciousness? An Analysis of selected chinese new year print and tv advertisements
title_short Are advertisements shaping our consciousness? An Analysis of selected chinese new year print and tv advertisements
title_full Are advertisements shaping our consciousness? An Analysis of selected chinese new year print and tv advertisements
title_fullStr Are advertisements shaping our consciousness? An Analysis of selected chinese new year print and tv advertisements
title_full_unstemmed Are advertisements shaping our consciousness? An Analysis of selected chinese new year print and tv advertisements
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url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/309/
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