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"Selling Sin" In A Hostile Environment: A Comparison Of Ukrainian And American Tobacco Advertising Strategies In Magazines, Olesya Venger, Joyce Wolburg Oct 2010

"Selling Sin" In A Hostile Environment: A Comparison Of Ukrainian And American Tobacco Advertising Strategies In Magazines, Olesya Venger, Joyce Wolburg

Joyce Wolburg

Given that “sin” products must navigate different regulatory environments, it is important to compare cigarette advertising across cultures. Using text analysis, this study examined the message strategies and the ideological beliefs in cigarette advertising in American and Ukrainian magazines within the context of their different regulatory environments. The messages across the two countries differed in their use of creative appeals to ego, social needs, and sensory pleasure as well as their adherence to regulation. Many of the Ukrainian campaigns were reminiscent of earlier American campaigns and offer unique comparisons of cultures that are at different places historically, economically, and ideologically.


East European Trade With The Developing World: Soviet Diplomatic Partner Or Economic Self-Interest, James Lutz Sep 2010

East European Trade With The Developing World: Soviet Diplomatic Partner Or Economic Self-Interest, James Lutz

James M Lutz

No abstract provided.


Soviet Responses To Crises In Eastern Europe, James Lutz, Robert Evanson Sep 2010

Soviet Responses To Crises In Eastern Europe, James Lutz, Robert Evanson

James M Lutz

No abstract provided.


Attitudes Toward The Market And Political Participation In The Postcommunist States, David S. Mason Mar 2010

Attitudes Toward The Market And Political Participation In The Postcommunist States, David S. Mason

David S. Mason

In the aftermath of the anti-communist revolutions of 1989-1991, the new governments in eastern Europe faced the herculean task of attempting simultaneously to build market economies and democratic political institutions. Though capitalism and democracy are often considered to be natural allies, in the cases of these new states they sometimes pull against each other.