What does advertising do? -- How the advertising industry is structured -- Advertisers: the paymasters -- The media: blowing the advertisers' trumpets -- The creative agencies: creating new campaigns -- The media agencies: spending the clients' money -- Research, research, research -- The good, the bad, and the ugly -- The role of advertising in society
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Advertising is riddled with myths & misunderstandings. It is believed to be both immensely powerful yet immensely wasteful to increase economic prosperity & to be morally questionable. Neither its historic origins nor its modern operations are well understood. This introduction will tell the truth about how advertising works