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When TV Commercials Wink

Mindful Marketing

Such hijinks are funny for a television sitcom, but what happens when commercials use conflicting verbal and visual cues, particularly on TV’s biggest stage? Several years ago, I did research on the same phenomenon found in pharmaceutical ads , which are probably the worst offenders when it comes to sending mixed commercial messages.

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Engaging (and grilling) the social side of James Grunig

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So, for example, when television was invented journalists tended to use it like radio by simply televising someone reading the news rather than using pictures. Historically, whenever a new medium is invented people use it in the same way that they used the existing media.