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advertising, n a paid form of nonpersonal presentation and promotion of ideas, goods, or services by an identified sponsor. advertising the making of public statements about services offered and facilities available in a professional practice. Personal advertisement in this way is frowned upon because of the risk that there will be misrepresentation and that it will unfairly attract business to the detriment of the client. The contrary view is that the public is disadvantaged because they will not be aware of the range of services offered and the fees attached to them. In most countries now, in which it used to be controlled by the registering authority, the scope of personal advertising is left to the discretion of the individual. Corporate advertising which advertises the profession as a whole is encouraged. advertising The public notification of a product's availability and related activities for its promotion Medical communication A public notice, usually in the form of a paid announcement, which may be printed or broadcast. Cf
'Coming soon advertising' Direct-to-consumer advertising, Institutional advertising, Introductory advertising, Remedial advertising, Reminder advertising, Sexist advertising., Tobacco advertising. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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We should note that these advertised cigarettes were expensive and exclusive; contemporary advertising did not cater to mass consumption but to limited groups of upwardly mobile effendis. We compared the Hokusai print with parodies of the image found in contemporary advertising. They're the sort of dupes that contemporary advertising lives for - they'll be like Mike, save a buck or two on long-distance phone calls, smile as they ingest fast food and not have a clue why they're doing any of it. |
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