15 Asking people questions about their thoughts and opinions about advertisements is an effective way to conduct marketing research.     True False

What are the primary objectives of conducting advertising research?

1. Choose two ads and analyze why you think people might find them offensive, disrespectful, or inappropriate. Could it be changed to be more sensitive? Does the outrage or worry about the ads’message make sense to you? What less controversial approach could the company have taken to promote its product? Should the company have been able to foresee the impact the ad would have? 2. Also think of one commercial or ad campaign in your lifetime that you know caused backlash or that you thought was problematic. Describe what you remember of the ad and the criticisms of it. Was it appropriate for your social context or do you agree with its critics? 3. Use one of the four sociological perspectives (conflict theory, feminist theory, structural functionalist theoryor the symbolic interactionist theory to explain why you think the ads were represented the way they were.

week’s Journal, reflect on an advertising campaign that you feel was unethical and should never have been allowed to run Do you believe all advertising campaigns should be reviewed by some sort of government agency before being allowed to run? Or should consumers be the ultimate review board, deciding if they dislike an ad campaign, they simply do not buy the product?