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The Social Uses Of Advertising, Mark Ritson, Richard Elliott Nov 1999

The Social Uses Of Advertising, Mark Ritson, Richard Elliott

Mark Ritson

Advertising research has focused exclusively on the solitary subject at the expense of understanding the role that advertising plays within the social contexts of group interaction. We develop a number of explanations for this omission before describing the results of an ethnographic study of advertising's contribution to the everyday interactions of adolescent informants at a number of English high schools. The study reveals a series of new, socially related advertising-audience behaviors. Specifically, advertising meanings are shown to possess social uses relating to textual experience, interpretation, evaluation, ritual use, and metaphor. The theoretical and managerial implications of these social uses are …


Floating A University Website: If You're Going To Fish, Bring The Right Bait, Oscar T. Mcknight, Ronald Paugh Nov 1999

Floating A University Website: If You're Going To Fish, Bring The Right Bait, Oscar T. Mcknight, Ronald Paugh

Oscar T McKnight Ph.D.

Visual and printed information desired by precollege students were examined using a cluster technique. Significant relationships between the ACT score and student preferences were found. Several recommendations are offered to assist college and university administrators integrate the research and interactivity of the Web into their overall marketing strategy.


Not All Customers Are Created Equal: Looking At Lifetime Value, Mark E. Pickering Sep 1999

Not All Customers Are Created Equal: Looking At Lifetime Value, Mark E. Pickering

Mark E Pickering

Customer Lifetime Value (CLV) refines customer profitability analysis to view customers as assets. Thinking in terms of CLV provides the impetus to target customer acquisition efforts on the right customers, and to improve the profitability and duration of the relationship with existing customers. This article introduces the concepts and benefits associated with CLV and actions to improve value.


Using Customer Profitability Information To Drive The Bottom Line, Mark E. Pickering Feb 1999

Using Customer Profitability Information To Drive The Bottom Line, Mark E. Pickering

Mark E Pickering

This article utilises a case study of a textile manufacturer and distributor to demonstrate the use of customer profitability analysis to improve company profitability.


Post-Structuralism And The Dialectics Of Advertising: Discourse, Ideology, Resistance, Richard Elliott, Mark Ritson Dec 1998

Post-Structuralism And The Dialectics Of Advertising: Discourse, Ideology, Resistance, Richard Elliott, Mark Ritson

Mark Ritson

No abstract provided.


Gender Inequity And Quality Of Life: A Global Perspective, Kathy K. Dhanda, Ronald Hill Dec 1998

Gender Inequity And Quality Of Life: A Global Perspective, Kathy K. Dhanda, Ronald Hill

Kathy K Dhanda

No abstract provided.


A Market Based Solution To Acid Rain: The Case Of Sulfur Dioxide (So2) Trading Program, Kathy K. Dhanda Dec 1998

A Market Based Solution To Acid Rain: The Case Of Sulfur Dioxide (So2) Trading Program, Kathy K. Dhanda

Kathy K Dhanda

No abstract provided.


Cumhuriyet Donemi Turkiye'sinde Goc Hareketleri, A Icduygu, Ibrahim Sirkeci Dec 1998

Cumhuriyet Donemi Turkiye'sinde Goc Hareketleri, A Icduygu, Ibrahim Sirkeci

Ibrahim Sirkeci

Analysis of migration movements in Turkey throughout the republican period. Turkiye'de goc hareketlerinin bir analizi.


Advertising Slogans And University Marketing: An Exploratory Study Of Brand-Fit And Cognition In Higher Education, Oscar T. Mcknight, Ronald Paugh Dec 1998

Advertising Slogans And University Marketing: An Exploratory Study Of Brand-Fit And Cognition In Higher Education, Oscar T. Mcknight, Ronald Paugh

Oscar T McKnight Ph.D.

It is not uncommon for universities to develop and market their advertising slogan. This study examines institutional advertising slogans, and empirically tests the cognitive component of brand-fit. Findings are indicative of a relationship between cognition and university advertising slogans. Implications for university communications are marketing strategies are discussed.


A Rapid Assessment Model For Student Affairs: A Paradigm, Oscar T. Mcknight, Robin W. Gagnow, Sue Heimann Dec 1998

A Rapid Assessment Model For Student Affairs: A Paradigm, Oscar T. Mcknight, Robin W. Gagnow, Sue Heimann

Oscar T McKnight Ph.D.

The importance and relevance of ongoing assessment within Student Affairs is paramount. However, there is often a problem securing relevant information within a brief window of time typically allotted by students. Therefore, this research introduced a rapid assessment model: The One-Minute Assessment. Findings suggest that the analysis of results given the One-Minute assessment can be both descriptive and inferential, depending on the planned assessment questions. The research addressed the Pros and cons of the One-Minute Assessment.