Disguised advertising is a modern marketing instrument that is seeing an increase in Croatian business practice but whose application is prohibited by Croatian law. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to understand whether Croatian businesses really do use disguised advertising, how they do...

This research paper covers examples and problems arising from product placement and surreptitious advertising. Product placement and surreptitious advertising are so similar but absolutely different types of advertising, while product placement may not be considered advertising at all. The point...

With the Audio-Visual Media Services (AVMS) Directive the explicit regulation of product placement is introduced into the framework of European media law. The product placement is today one of most debated issue for the media law experts in Europe. What is the “product placement”? In what...

The objective of this research is to analyse the effectiveness of product-placements used in music videos. Two different experimental groups were exposed to different music videos. Results indicate that a more appreciated music video (higher score on attitude towards the music, towards the...

In the last few years the European countries are starting to use the rules of the European Union about product placement. First of all it is really important for the European shows, programs and films to stay competitive with the American programs because in the USA product placement is...

The aim of this communication is to present a theoretical framework, based on the implicit memory theory, to explain the persuasive effects of brand placements. In order to test this framework, an experimental methodoly is then proposed, that allows control of the external factors and offers...

Due to that traditional media are saturated, firms try to find new commutation alternatives. The product placement in videogames is one of them. For this, the present paper focuses in three objectives. First, to develop an emotions scale adapted to the present research. Second, to analyse the...