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Author Malefyt, Timothy de Waal

Title Advertising and anthropology : ethnographic practice and cultural perspectives / Timothy de Waal Malefyt, Robert J. Morais
Edition English ed
Published London : Berg Publishers, 2012

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Contents Advertising and Anthropology; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; PART I: INTRODUCTION; 1 Anthropologists In and Out of Advertising; PART II: TOWARD AN UNDERSTANDING OF ADVERTISING AGENCIES; 2 Advertising Meetings and Client Relationships; 3 Rituals of Creativity in Advertising Agencies; 4 Fieldwork in Advertising Research; 5 Advertising Emotions; 6 Creativity, Person, and Place; PART III: APPLYING ANTHROPOLOGY IN ADVERTISING AGENCIES; 7 Advertising, Automobiles, and the Branding of Luxury; 8 Business Anthropology Beyond Ethnography; 9 Ethics in Advertising
10 Hybrid Research Methodologies and Business SuccessPART IV: CONCLUSION; 11 The Future of Advertising Anthropology; Notes; References; Index
Summary "Examining theory and practice, Advertising and Anthropology is a lively and important contribution to the study of organizational culture, consumption practices, marketing to consumers and the production of creativity in corporate settings. The chapters reflect the authors' extensive lived experienced as professionals in the advertising business and marketing research industry. Essays analyze internal agency and client meetings, competitive pressures and professional relationships and include multiple case studies. The authors describe the structure, function and process of advertising agency work, the mediation and formation of creativity, the centrality of human interactions in agency work, the production of consumer insights and industry ethics. Throughout the book, the authors offer concrete advice for practitioners. Advertising and Anthropology is written by anthropologists for anthropologists as well as students and scholars interested in advertising and related industries such as marketing, marketing research and design"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Advertising -- Social aspects.
Anthropology.
Marketing research.
anthropology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Media & Communications Industries.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Advertising & Promotion.
Advertising -- Social aspects
Anthropology
Marketing research
Form Electronic book
Author Morais, Robert J
ISBN 9780857852038
0857852035
9780857852045
0857852035
0857852043
9781474214131
1474214134