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The Advertising Handbook

Jonathan Hardy author Helen Powell author Iain MacRury author Sean Brierley author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:6th Mar '18

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The Advertising Handbook provides a critical introduction to advertising and marketing practices today. Contributions from leading international scholars and practitioners offer extended coverage of the contemporary shifts and pressures reshaping the marketing communications (or advertising and marketing) industries and their relationship to the consumer. Profiles and case studies illustrate innovation and diversification among advertising, marketing and public relations companies. Discussion questions aid learning and encourage debate about the activities and influence of advertising today.

This Fourth Edition explores the growing significance of:

  • the influence of ‘Big Data’ and automation in digital advertising;
  • tracking and profiling users across digital communications for targeted and personalised marketing communications;
  • the rise of media and advertising integration through sponsored content, product placement, native advertising and other forms of branded content;
  • the dynamic shifts in ad spending and media–advertising relationships across legacy media, online and social media; and
  • the complex profile of consumer behaviour that produces new challenges for brands and branding.

Fully revised and updated, this new edition of The Advertising Handbook is a comprehensive and accessible guide to contemporary advertising and marketing theory and practice, designed to meet the requirements, interests and terms of reference of the most recent generation of media and advertising students.

‘This is a really accessible and useful text that introduces readers to a wide range of critical perspectives on the latest developments in advertising. It will be invaluable to students and researchers across many disciplines.’

ANNE CRONIN, Sociology Department, Lancaster University, UK

‘With advertising undergoing radical change, a revised and updated edition of The Advertising Handbook is both opportune and essential. Bringing together writing from renowned scholars and respected practitioners, this collection of informed yet accessible chapters offers a comprehensive overview of current practices and issues.’

ROBERT CRAWFORD, Professor of Advertising, School of Media and Communication, RMIT University, Australia

‘A wonderful combination of an accessible overview of the basics of modern advertising, and a strong critical-cultural orientation.’’

MATTHEW P. MACALLISTER, Professor, Department of Film, Video & Media Studies, College of Communications, the Pennsylvania State University, USA

‘At a time when the boundaries of advertising are becoming blurred and its industry is changing rapidly, this revised edition identifies and addresses the most relevant developments (such as the advent of big data and the rise of branded content), and provides an updated and comprehensive overview of contemporary advertising practices in context.’

GIOVANNA PUPPIN, Lecturer in Advertising and Promotional Cultures (China), Department of Media and Communication, University of Leicester, UK


‘This is a really accessible and useful text that introduces readers to a wide range of critical perspectives on the latest developments in advertising. It will be invaluable to students and researchers across many disciplines.’

ANNE CRONIN, Sociology Department, Lancaster University, UK

‘With advertising undergoing radical change, a revised and updated edition of The Advertising Handbook is both opportune and essential. Bringing together writing from renowned scholars and respected practitioners, this collection of informed yet accessible chapters offers a comprehensive overview of current practices and issues.’

ROBERT CRAWFORD, Professor of Advertising, School of Media and Communication, RMIT University, Australia

‘A wonderful combination of an accessible overview of the basics of modern advertising, and a strong critical-cultural orientation.’’

MATTHEW P. MACALLISTER, Professor, Department of Film, Video & Media Studies, College of Communications, the Pennsylvania State University, USA

‘At a time when the boundaries of advertising are becoming blurred and its industry is changing rapidly, this revised edition identifies and addresses the most relevant developments (such as the advent of big data and the rise of branded content), and provides an updated and comprehensive overview of contemporary advertising practices in context.’

GIOVANNA PUPPIN, Lecturer in Advertising and Promotional Cultures (China), Department of Media and Communication, University of Leicester, UK

ISBN: 9781138678835

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 610g

280 pages

4th edition