| Advertising and Anthropology: Ethnographic Practice and Cultural Perspectives Contributor(s): de Waal Malefyt, Timothy (Author), Morais, Robert J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0857852019 ISBN-13: 9780857852014 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Advertising & Promotion - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 659.104 |
| LCCN: 2012005581 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.1" W x 9.2" (0.75 lbs) 200 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Examining theory and practice, Advertising and Anthropology is a lively and important contribution to the study of organizational culture, consumption practices, marketing to consumers and the production of creativity in corporate settings. The chapters reflect the authors' extensive lived experienced as professionals in the advertising business and marketing research industry. Essays analyze internal agency and client meetings, competitive pressures and professional relationships and include multiple case studies. The authors describe the structure, function and process of advertising agency work, the mediation and formation of creativity, the centrality of human interactions in agency work, the production of consumer insights and industry ethics. Throughout the book, the authors offer concrete advice for practitioners.Advertising and Anthropology is written by anthropologists for anthropologists as well as students and scholars interested in advertising and related industries such as marketing, marketing research and design. |