How do TV and radio commercials mostly affect you?

Floogeldy

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Mon Dec-05-05 09:19 PM
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Poll question: How do TV and radio commercials mostly affect you?

This is not a test.

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Metta

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Mon Dec-05-05 09:20 PM
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1. We mute them and try not to pay much attention.

Edited on Mon Dec-05-05 09:20 PM by Metta

We like to control the images we take in. :hippie:

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u4ic

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Mon Dec-05-05 09:29 PM
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2. They don't n/t

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Dave Reynolds

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Mon Dec-05-05 09:32 PM
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3. I ignore them for the most part,

unless they are so goofy it gives me material to joke on.

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supernova

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Mon Dec-05-05 09:36 PM
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4. I mostly ignore them

that's one reason I listen to the local NPR and classical station, at least they don't have commercials.

I hate commercials. They are nothing but a waste of my time.

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Floogeldy

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Mon Dec-05-05 09:48 PM
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5. Curious

I hate them, too. Well, maybe except the few that are truly funny and I don't mind commercials for upcoming movies.

BUT advertising must work, or nobody would be doing it, correct?

Question: Upon whom is it working?

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skygazer

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Mon Dec-05-05 09:52 PM
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6. I wonder this all the time

Phishing - seems ridiculous but it must work on someone and enough times to actually make someone some money.

Phone solicitations - does ANYBODY ever say, "Oh, my, what a good idea. Yes, I want twelve?" No one I know does - everyone I know hates them. But it must work on someone, right?

And junk faxes. And pop-up ads. And a dozen other things. I don't get it. :shrug:

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supernova

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Mon Dec-05-05 09:55 PM
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8. Advertising is mostly for making cunsumers aware

of your service or product. It's for the name recognition. That's why you hear the name of the product or business repeated so often within that 60 or 30 second ad.

But, I'm knda anti social. Unless I'm in the market for a specific thing; then I tune all that out. It's part of my stress management system.

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Floogeldy

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Mon Dec-05-05 10:04 PM
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9. Maybe there is a sense of security in buying a "known" brand?

:shrug:

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Telly Savalas

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Mon Dec-05-05 10:53 PM
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10. It goes beyond that.

The whole notion of "branding" is to present an image/lifestyle/model of what's cool/worldview/whatever that appeals to the target market and tie the product in with that. e.g. a lot of beer ads make no claims about the quality of the product, but rather present the beer as the integral party of some dopey party lifestyle.

It can be a pretty subtle thing, and few people are totally immune. Even the most media-savvy hipster is likely to view old school Addidas or Chuck Taylor's as being "cooler" shoes than Keds or whatever.

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DebJ

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Mon Dec-05-05 09:53 PM
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7. They have made my favorite remote button "MUTE"

I especially hate auto commercials: all the screaming! Does this screaming actually appeal to ANYONE?

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robbedvoter

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Mon Dec-05-05 11:34 PM
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11. They trigger the peeing reflex - then channel switching starts

I also fix food - but NEVER watch the damn things.

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