Gotta catch ‘em all.
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The spontaneous success of Pokémon Go shows how powerful internet memes can be.
Collingwood president Eddie McGuire recently courted controversy with comments about journalist Caroline Wilson.
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The growing trend for ads to attract media attention for being outrageous or offensive has led to a conflation of sex and sexism that is doing great harm.
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Action on Sugar doesn’t think much of David Cameron’s childhood obesity strategy, but will May do any better?
The idea of regulating what is ‘true’ in political speech is neither new nor easy.
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‘Mediscare’, Brexit and the negative-gearing campaign have all demonstrated that it is time for tighter regulation on truth in political advertising.
In the pink? Betting companies have been on our screens in the hunt for gamblers.
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There were 1.39m gambling ads on television in 2012.
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It costs multiple millions to sponsor a global sports event. Why bother when non-sponsors cleverly associate themselves for next to nothing?
Bold claims from adland have left us inured to deception.
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Advertising complaints hit 37,000 in the UK last year, but companies keep chancing their arm.
Not everyone is impressed.
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At first, it seems like IS has an image perfect for driving recruitment – but in fact, its image has very limited appeal.
Junk food adverts aimed at kids need to be banned.
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Junk food adverts need to be banned near schools and nurseries – our children’s lives depend upon it.
Some people are still confused over what is paid or sponsored content in a typical Google search.
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Most Australians do not understand how the Google search engine works and what is paid or free content in any search results.
Labor is determined to portray Bill Shorten as decisive, free of his rhetorical ‘zingers’.
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Both the Liberal and Labor parties focused their very first television ads of the 2016 campaign on Labor leader Bill Shorten.
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How do you sell something that people want, but aren’t prepared to admit to? No, the online dating industry doesn’t know either.
Big Tobacco will go to extraordinary lengths to ensure moves to quell smoking rates fail.
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Big Tobacco relies on tactics of deceit, delay and frustration which it has developed and refined over half a century.
Preaching to the converted.
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Pope Francis’ mercy mission to a migrant camp in Lesbos is another effort to rescue the tarnished and failing brand of Catholicism.
How do you sell something that solves a problem customers don’t know they have?
Danger lurks when customers are the be all and end all.
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Putting the purchasing public at the heart of your business is getting harder and harder as technology drives ever more interaction.
Jussie Smollett, who plays Jamal Lyon on Empire, attends a viewing party sponsored by Pepsi.
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The lines are blurring between programs and commercials.
Do advertisers know us better than we know ourselves?
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New research shows that behaviorally targeted ads can do more than figure out what kind of person you are – they can also shape how you see yourself.
Happy pictures make people believe drugs are safer and more effective.
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Some advertising content bypasses regulations to promote unrealistic beliefs about drugs.
Turns out any screen will do.
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It isn’t the size of the screen, but how big it appears on the retina.