This note discusses how advertising works from the point of view of consumer behavior. After a review of some of the traditional hierarchical approaches to the study of advertising and the limitations of these models, the development of the likelihood model (ELM) is introduced as a means to address some of these shortcomings. ELM then considered in contextual advertising. Subsequently, subliminal advertising is briefly considered. Finally, issues related to the measurement of advertising effectiveness are discussed.
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by Peter Voyer Source: Richard Ivey School of Business Foundation 15 pages. Publication Date: August 8, 2007. Prod. # 907A11-PDF-ENG