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Poprawność polityczna w reklamie w przekroju międzynarodowym na przykładach
Political Correctness in Advertising across Countries on Selected Examples

Author(s): Aleksandra Kuźmińska-Haberla
Subject(s): Economy, Business Economy / Management
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: political correctness; advertising; stereotypes

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the paper is to present the importance of political correctness in the international perspective and to present its importance in advertising on the selected examples. The paper is based on the analysis of the available literature on advertising, political correctness and analysis of selected spots. The impact of political correctness on advertising depends on the degree of cultural, racial differentiation or tolerance level in a country. Its use, on the one hand, limits creativity, alleviates the emotion of advertising but on the other hand, not using it can exacerbate stereotypes and offend minorities. Ad- vertisers should have political correctness in mind but it has to be balanced to make the spots creative and persuasive.

  • Issue Year: 47/2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 273-280
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Polish
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