Adverts & Gender Stereotypes; In Britain

[eastburn84]

3 minutes ago, IanMcLean68 said:

Thanks for the laugh! Enjoyed watching this whilst drinking my own morning cup of smashed beans in hot water psychoactive completely unregulated drug!

Of course the subtle irony with this is that these are genuinely funny and clever and not horrible to watch, completely unlike the real commercials themselves, especially the ones they are sending up.

Very true,

The populace must remember, we have the power in how we spend.

If you invite goverment to regulate in this case advertising, regulation leads to taxation always.

Atleast if you fall prey to crap adds and give $ to crap companys, you have a crap product to show for it.

 

[IanMcLean68]

1 hour ago, eastburn84 said:

Very true,

The populace must remember, we have the power in how we spend.

If you invite goverment to regulate in this case advertising, regulation leads to taxation always.

Atleast if you fall prey to crap adds and give $ to crap companys, you have a crap product to show for it.

 

Thank goodness for the Internet. Independent reviews available for just about any significant purchase you could wish to make, along with all the technical details, comparisons, interest groups, forums, etc. you could want. It really is fairly easy to ignore the advertising and much easier today to make informed purchases.

[Bill Hayes]

I'm an advertising creative in Australia. Alcohol and Pharma are highly regulated. The great beer commercials are pretty much dead now. At the moment we have a lot of advertising for betting apps which seems to be not overly regulated at the moment but probably should be IMHO. In my home, we tend to watch Netflix and record shows off Foxtel so we can fast forward through the ads. Personally, I feel it has become very difficult to work in advertising. You have to continually second guess yourself and it's hard trying to make something funny and not offend anyone. Hence, a lot of the advertising we see nowadays is just wallpaper. Most of the interesting stuff is based on a new technology and a way to use it other than the traditional 'big idea'. That can pose difficulties but also create opportunities to convince clients to have a voice across a host of different touch points.