advertising solely with persuasion, rather advertising must be seen as a representational system, with pedagogical as well as … of visual representation. Urges moving beyond an advertising = persuasion model to encompass representation and culture …

advertising on consumer brand choice and search behavior. Under imperfect information, advertising can affect consumer behavior by … providing economically relevant information in a convenient way. I find that advertising has an increasing effect on consumers …

of refineries partially offsets the large reduction in consumer surplus. As the theory predicts, these shocks have a … internet as an alternative source of health information doubled.At the same time, online and offline advertising spending by … this activity is influenced by direct to consumer advertising.I utilize a database of user click-through data from America …

theoretical measure of relevance. The central theory used in this dissertation is Sperber and Wilson's (1995) theory of relevance … (TOR). TOR can help researchers and marketing managers by explaining how consumers may interpret visuals in advertising …. TOR explains why some visuals thought to be unconnected with the product become relevant in advertising. This study makes …

The retail sector spends millions of dollars each year advertising to consumers. This is a considerable investment for …