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Comparative Analysis Of Advertising Value Appeals Reflected In U.S. And Chinese Women's Fashion Print Advertisements., Yi Lin May 2009

Comparative Analysis Of Advertising Value Appeals Reflected In U.S. And Chinese Women's Fashion Print Advertisements., Yi Lin

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Analyzing 549 advertisements in Chinese and U.S. women's fashion magazines, this research studies the role of western culture in reshaping Chinese cultural values in terms of modernity, tradition, individualism, and collectivism as well as in the use of western fashion models and language. Results indicate that there is no statistical difference in individualistic and modernity values between U.S. and Chinese print ads in women's fashion magazines. In 1 of the product characteristics, shared products, collectivism values in Chinese ads are not found more than those in U.S. ads as it is assumed. In addition, almost half of the Chinese ads …