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thumb|upright=1.35|1948 print advertisement for Rinso laundry soap

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33 sections
Contents
  • History
  • 18th-19th century: Newspaper Advertising
  • Late 19th century: Modern Advertising
  • 20th century onwards
  • Radio from the 1920s
  • Commercial television in the 1950s
  • Cable television from the 1980s
  • Internet from the 1990s
  • Classification
  • Traditional media
  • New media
  • Crowdsourcing
  • Globalization
  • Purposes
  • Brand awareness
  • Customer retention
  • Lead generation
  • Sales promotions
  • Theory
  • Hierarchy-of-effects models
  • Marketing mix
  • Research
  • Semiotics
  • Criticisms
  • Regulation
  • Gender interpretation and portrayal
  • "Fathers" of advertising
  • Influential thinkers in advertising theory and practice
  • See also
  • References
  • Further reading
  • History
  • External links

thumb|upright=1.35|1948 print advertisement for Rinso laundry soap

Advertising is the practice and techniques employed to bring attention to a product or service. Advertising aims to present a product or service in terms of utility, advantages, and qualities of interest to consumers. It is typically used to promote a specific good or service, but there is a wide range of uses, a traditional form being commercial advertisement.

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