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The Advertising Handbook provides a critical introduction to advertising and marketing practices today. Contributions from leading international scholars and practitioners offer extended coverage of the contemporary shifts and pressures reshaping the marketing communications (or advertising and marketing) industries and their relationship to the consumer. Profiles and case studies illustrate innovation and diversification among advertising, marketing and public relations companies. Discussion questions aid learning and encourage debate about the activities and influence of advertising today.

This Fourth Edition explores the growing significance of:

  • the influence of Big Data' and automation in digital advertising;

  • tracking and profiling users across digital communications for targeted and personalised marketing communications;

  • the rise of media and advertising integrati

    Trade Review

    ‘This is a really accessible and useful text that introduces readers to a wide range of critical perspectives on the latest developments in advertising. It will be invaluable to students and researchers across many disciplines.’

    ANNE CRONIN, Sociology Department, Lancaster University, UK

    ‘With advertising undergoing radical change, a revised and updated edition of The Advertising Handbook is both opportune and essential. Bringing together writing from renowned scholars and respected practitioners, this collection of informed yet accessible chapters offers a comprehensive overview of current practices and issues.’

    ROBERT CRAWFORD, Professor of Advertising, School of Media and Communication, RMIT University, Australia

    ‘A wonderful combination of an accessible overview of the basics of modern advertising, and a strong critical-cultural orientation.’’

    MATTHEW P. MACALLISTER, Professor, Department of Film, Video & Media Studies, College of Communications, the Pennsylvania State University, USA

    ‘At a time when the boundaries of advertising are becoming blurred and its industry is changing rapidly, this revised edition identifies and addresses the most relevant developments (such as the advent of big data and the rise of branded content), and provides an updated and comprehensive overview of contemporary advertising practices in context.’

    GIOVANNA PUPPIN, Lecturer in Advertising and Promotional Cultures (China), Department of Media and Communication, University of Leicester, UK


    ‘This is a really accessible and useful text that introduces readers to a wide range of critical perspectives on the latest developments in advertising. It will be invaluable to students and researchers across many disciplines.’

    ANNE CRONIN, Sociology Department, Lancaster University, UK

    ‘With advertising undergoing radical change, a revised and updated edition of The Advertising Handbook is both opportune and essential. Bringing together writing from renowned scholars and respected practitioners, this collection of informed yet accessible chapters offers a comprehensive overview of current practices and issues.’

    ROBERT CRAWFORD, Professor of Advertising, School of Media and Communication, RMIT University, Australia

    ‘A wonderful combination of an accessible overview of the basics of modern advertising, and a strong critical-cultural orientation.’’

    MATTHEW P. MACALLISTER, Professor, Department of Film, Video & Media Studies, College of Communications, the Pennsylvania State University, USA

    ‘At a time when the boundaries of advertising are becoming blurred and its industry is changing rapidly, this revised edition identifies and addresses the most relevant developments (such as the advent of big data and the rise of branded content), and provides an updated and comprehensive overview of contemporary advertising practices in context.’

    GIOVANNA PUPPIN, Lecturer in Advertising and Promotional Cultures (China), Department of Media and Communication, University of Leicester, UK



    Table of Contents

    Introduction

    Part 1: Marketing practices and processes

    1. Advertising and the modern world

    Joseph Turow

    2. What is an advertising agency in the twenty-first century? Advertising processes: from conception to execution and evaluation

    Iain MacRury

    3. Branding, brand value and the hidden persuaders on eBay

    Helen Powell

    4. Advertising, marketing and PR: deepening mutuality against a convergent media landscape

    Chris Hackley

    Part 2: Changes in media, markets and marketing

    5. Media planning and buying

    Helen Katz

    6. Digital advertising and adtech: programmatic platforms, identify and moments

    Andrew McStay

    7. Branded content: media and marketing integration

    Jonathan Hardy

    8. Advertising regulation

    Jonathan Hardy

    Part 3: Promotional cultures, consumers and research

    9. Waving not drowning: understanding consumer behaviour in the age of big data

    Helen Powell and Katy Parsons

    10. How does advertising work?

    Paul Feldwick

    11. Advertising creativity

    Iain MacRury

    12. Advertising, agencies and globalisation

    Paul Springer

    13. Advertising across the BRICS

    John Sinclair

    14. The future of marketing and agencies: the next 10 years for consumer engagement

    Janet Hull

    Index

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    A Paperback by Helen Powell, Jonathan Hardy, Iain Macrury

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      Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
      Publication Date: 1/6/2018 12:03:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781138678835, 978-1138678835
      ISBN10: 113867883X

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The Advertising Handbook provides a critical introduction to advertising and marketing practices today. Contributions from leading international scholars and practitioners offer extended coverage of the contemporary shifts and pressures reshaping the marketing communications (or advertising and marketing) industries and their relationship to the consumer. Profiles and case studies illustrate innovation and diversification among advertising, marketing and public relations companies. Discussion questions aid learning and encourage debate about the activities and influence of advertising today.

      This Fourth Edition explores the growing significance of:

      • the influence of Big Data' and automation in digital advertising;

      • tracking and profiling users across digital communications for targeted and personalised marketing communications;

      • the rise of media and advertising integrati

        Trade Review

        ‘This is a really accessible and useful text that introduces readers to a wide range of critical perspectives on the latest developments in advertising. It will be invaluable to students and researchers across many disciplines.’

        ANNE CRONIN, Sociology Department, Lancaster University, UK

        ‘With advertising undergoing radical change, a revised and updated edition of The Advertising Handbook is both opportune and essential. Bringing together writing from renowned scholars and respected practitioners, this collection of informed yet accessible chapters offers a comprehensive overview of current practices and issues.’

        ROBERT CRAWFORD, Professor of Advertising, School of Media and Communication, RMIT University, Australia

        ‘A wonderful combination of an accessible overview of the basics of modern advertising, and a strong critical-cultural orientation.’’

        MATTHEW P. MACALLISTER, Professor, Department of Film, Video & Media Studies, College of Communications, the Pennsylvania State University, USA

        ‘At a time when the boundaries of advertising are becoming blurred and its industry is changing rapidly, this revised edition identifies and addresses the most relevant developments (such as the advent of big data and the rise of branded content), and provides an updated and comprehensive overview of contemporary advertising practices in context.’

        GIOVANNA PUPPIN, Lecturer in Advertising and Promotional Cultures (China), Department of Media and Communication, University of Leicester, UK


        ‘This is a really accessible and useful text that introduces readers to a wide range of critical perspectives on the latest developments in advertising. It will be invaluable to students and researchers across many disciplines.’

        ANNE CRONIN, Sociology Department, Lancaster University, UK

        ‘With advertising undergoing radical change, a revised and updated edition of The Advertising Handbook is both opportune and essential. Bringing together writing from renowned scholars and respected practitioners, this collection of informed yet accessible chapters offers a comprehensive overview of current practices and issues.’

        ROBERT CRAWFORD, Professor of Advertising, School of Media and Communication, RMIT University, Australia

        ‘A wonderful combination of an accessible overview of the basics of modern advertising, and a strong critical-cultural orientation.’’

        MATTHEW P. MACALLISTER, Professor, Department of Film, Video & Media Studies, College of Communications, the Pennsylvania State University, USA

        ‘At a time when the boundaries of advertising are becoming blurred and its industry is changing rapidly, this revised edition identifies and addresses the most relevant developments (such as the advent of big data and the rise of branded content), and provides an updated and comprehensive overview of contemporary advertising practices in context.’

        GIOVANNA PUPPIN, Lecturer in Advertising and Promotional Cultures (China), Department of Media and Communication, University of Leicester, UK



        Table of Contents

        Introduction

        Part 1: Marketing practices and processes

        1. Advertising and the modern world

        Joseph Turow

        2. What is an advertising agency in the twenty-first century? Advertising processes: from conception to execution and evaluation

        Iain MacRury

        3. Branding, brand value and the hidden persuaders on eBay

        Helen Powell

        4. Advertising, marketing and PR: deepening mutuality against a convergent media landscape

        Chris Hackley

        Part 2: Changes in media, markets and marketing

        5. Media planning and buying

        Helen Katz

        6. Digital advertising and adtech: programmatic platforms, identify and moments

        Andrew McStay

        7. Branded content: media and marketing integration

        Jonathan Hardy

        8. Advertising regulation

        Jonathan Hardy

        Part 3: Promotional cultures, consumers and research

        9. Waving not drowning: understanding consumer behaviour in the age of big data

        Helen Powell and Katy Parsons

        10. How does advertising work?

        Paul Feldwick

        11. Advertising creativity

        Iain MacRury

        12. Advertising, agencies and globalisation

        Paul Springer

        13. Advertising across the BRICS

        John Sinclair

        14. The future of marketing and agencies: the next 10 years for consumer engagement

        Janet Hull

        Index

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