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todescribesuchfrequentlyusedtacticsascapturingaddressees’attentionbyin-
clusioninthesubjectlineofitemsmimickingprivatecorrespondence(useoffirst
names,suggestiveimperatives)orpre-establishedcontacts(FWD,RE:),devices
increasingthechanceofsolicitingaresponse(promisesofprizesandbenefits),
andincentivestoactquickly(stressingtheuniquenessorshort-livedcharacterof
theoffer).
Theanalysisofadvertisinginallmedialeadstotheconclusionthatitveryquick-
lyadaptstothechangingcircumstancesandaptlytakesadvantageofallnewlyavail-
ablemethodsofinformationtransmission.Intheworldsatiatedwithadvertisements
oneofthecentralissuesisthenecessityofattractingandmaintainingtheviewers’
andlisteners’attention.Intheirquestforbeingnoticedadvertisementsoftenwalk
onthinice,runningtheriskofinfringingtherecipients’freedomofchoice.Thisis
especiallytrueoftheInternetcommercialsinformofbannersandpop-upwindows,
whichareoftenreportedtobeveryirritating,astheadvertisersdeliberatelyapply
constantlydevelopingdevicesmakingtheirremovalvirtuallyimpossiblebeforethe
plannedexposuretime.Moreandmoreoftenclickingonthecrossiconprevious-
lyswitchingoffthecommercialdoesnotbringthedesiredresultandweareforced
toviewtheentirespot.AlthoughDiaoandSundar(2004)arguethatthebenefits
stemmingfrombrandawarenessraisingsatisfactorilyoutweighthedisadvantages
causedbypotentialannoyance,reportingonlyonestudywhichfoundtheoppos-
itetendency(Best,2004),ithastoberememberedthatthespeedoftechnologic-
aldevelopmentrenderstheirobservationsabitoutdated.Itseemsthatontheone
handthereexistsmuchmutualunderstandingbetweentheadvertisersandthetar-
getaudience,butontheotherhandwealsowitnessakindofwarinwhichoneof
thesidesbombardstheotherwithmoreandmoresophisticatedadvertisingmis-
siles,whiletherecipientsattempttoprotectthemselveswithmoreandmorein-
geniousshields.Twosuchdefensivemechanismsworthmentioningherearethe
developmentofanti-commercialsoftware,blockingalmostallformsofunsolicit-
edadvertisingmessages,andtheinventionofdigitaltelevisiondecoderssupplied
withharddiscs,whichallowTVviewerstorecordprogrammesandthenskipthe
advertisingbreakswhilewatching.
102020Analysts’favourites
Thereisanumberofelementswhichalmostinvariablyappearinmanyformsof
advertisingmessagesandarerelativelyeasytoidentifyandisolate,thereforerank-
inghighinthehierarchiesofanalysts’choices.Theirdescriptionandcategorisa-
tiondoesnotconstituteahighresearchriskandthefindingsandconclusionsare
rarelydisputable.Onemightarguethatsuchhighlypredictableresultsofscientific
inquirydonotexhibitanysignificantinterestvalue,buttheydefinitelypossessat
leasttwoimportantassets:theymayconstituteaveryconvenientdeparturepointfor
moreambitiousinvestigations,butatthesametimeprovideaveryinformativeinput
forreflectionspertainingtotheuseofmethodologiesandtheoreticalframeworks.