The roles portrayed by children in South African magazine advertising

This paper summarizes the findings of four studies executed from 1983 to 2003 to determine how marketers in South Africa portray children in magazine advertisements. This longitudinal study reports on aspects such as the incidence of child models in the advertisements, the roles they depict and whe...

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Main Author: Ernest North
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Language:English
Published: University of Johannesburg 2022-10-01
Series:Communicare
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Online Access:https://journals.uj.ac.za/index.php/jcsa/article/view/1798
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description This paper summarizes the findings of four studies executed from 1983 to 2003 to determine how marketers in South Africa portray children in magazine advertisements. This longitudinal study reports on aspects such as the incidence of child models in the advertisements, the roles they depict and whether there are differences as to the way in which marketers use children from different races in the same advertisements. A conceptual framework or marketing communications model is presented to illustrate how marketers can use the child as a substitute communicator in various roles to convey the firm’s advertising message. The relevance of the findings for South African marketers is highlighted and suggestions for further research are proposed.
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spelling doaj-art-1ec29856eca04a0b89ca62f1107bdab72025-01-20T08:50:42ZengUniversity of JohannesburgCommunicare0259-00692957-79502022-10-0122110.36615/jcsa.v22i1.1798The roles portrayed by children in South African magazine advertisingErnest North0University of Pretoria This paper summarizes the findings of four studies executed from 1983 to 2003 to determine how marketers in South Africa portray children in magazine advertisements. This longitudinal study reports on aspects such as the incidence of child models in the advertisements, the roles they depict and whether there are differences as to the way in which marketers use children from different races in the same advertisements. A conceptual framework or marketing communications model is presented to illustrate how marketers can use the child as a substitute communicator in various roles to convey the firm’s advertising message. The relevance of the findings for South African marketers is highlighted and suggestions for further research are proposed. https://journals.uj.ac.za/index.php/jcsa/article/view/1798marketerschildrenmagazine advertisementse incidence of child modelsdifferencesdifferent races
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The roles portrayed by children in South African magazine advertising
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title_full The roles portrayed by children in South African magazine advertising
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title_short The roles portrayed by children in South African magazine advertising
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