living in modern societies is full of advertising messages. these messages in diverse and numerous forms affect every day and working life of people. one of the most challenging subjects in advertising is representation of women in advertising and commercial promotions. a large part of representations in advertisements depicts women in their role as cultural stereotypes. the purpose of this stu...

BACKGROUND The capacity to advertise via the Internet continues to contribute to the shifting dynamics in adult commercial sex work. eHealth interventions have shown promise to promote Internet-based sex workers' health and safety internationally, yet minimal attention has been paid in Canada to developing such interventions. Understanding the information communicated in Internet-based sex work...

The luxury goods industry has many tactics to better sell and market its products the upper class. More recently, there been a shift in consumer’s interest from only rich now growing middle-class. Due recent social economic shifts, tendency buy more expensive increased. Corporations have adapted this, with examples like Supreme using limited timed drops entice consumers give illusion of scarcit...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the level of compliance with the PAOS Code (Publicidad, Actividad, Obesidad y Salud), which establishes standards for the self-regulation of food marketing aimed at minors, in television advertising by food and beverage companies that have agreed to abide by the Code. DESIGN The study sample consisted of food and beverage advertisements targeting children during 80 h of ...

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians (Indigenous Australians) have more than twice the smoking prevalence of non-Indigenous Australians. Anti-smoking campaigns have demonstrated success in the general population but little is known about their impact among Indigenous people. A total of 143 Indigenous and a comparison group of 156 non-Indigenous smokers from South Australia were sho...