????? I mean there was that business with stairway to heaven and all.
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cabal24 — 12 years ago(January 17, 2014 07:43 AM)
There are conflicting studies. Some say they work and some say they don't.
Reality is that they worksomewhat. And some people are more susceptible than others.
But they work well enough in advertising that there is a law banning their use. Take that for what its worth. I believe they can be quite useful if done correctly. -
OccamsBarber — 10 years ago(November 21, 2015 03:22 PM)
But they work well enough in advertising that there is a law banning their use.
While there are several applicable laws in many countries there are none in the US.
It is
policy
of the FCC to restrict the practice on TV broadcasts. Cable, radio, film and print are free to do what they wish.
The only other legal standing was the Supreme Court ruling that it was
not
protected free speech.
I'm like a rabbit suddenly trapped
In the blinding headlights of vacuous crap. -
ja_kitty_71 — 11 years ago(May 16, 2014 09:03 PM)
I'm not sure butGood God! this in unrelated but the movie reminds my of this "
Totally Spies
" episode (
http://totallyspies.wikia.com/wiki/The_O.P.
), but on a different circumstance. If only
ALL
the parents of the world would take parent classes like the O.P. parentsThe Pentagon guys should have been arrested too
nya purr -
tehck — 10 years ago(September 04, 2015 07:05 PM)
There's evidence that the type of subliminal advertising shown in this movie that is, verbal or written messages hidden inside some other medium do not work, and no one appears to be using them. However, several years ago some documentaries did point out some highly suggestive imagery that was hidden in plain sight in visual ads. The weird thing was that much of the imagery did not convey or even suggest any explicit message about the product itself. Instead, it typically depicted images associated with death, sex, or both. One of the stranger ones I remember was a cigarette ad with the "Marlboro Man" cowboy holding his saddle, which was hanging down lengthwise. If you turned the ad sideways, you could clearly see that the image of a shark's head, teeth and all, was embedded in the saddle.
Just google "subliminal advertising" and select "images," and you'll see all kinds of phalluses, vulvas, skulls, and other bizarre stuff in commercial art you will recognize. It's there.
Here's a few images that clearly have suggestive imagery in them, but they aren't necessarily provocative:
http://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/ads-with-subliminal-messages