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Re:UK survey of 14-24-year-olds indicates social networks ha... by oblio on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @09:42AM (#14401076)
Lifestyle advertising is not new: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepsi_Generation.
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Re:UK survey of 14-24-year-olds indicates social networks ha... by coldtea on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @10:17AM (#14401340)
It's not that old, historically speaking, either.
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Re:UK survey of 14-24-year-olds indicates social networks ha... by boomlinde on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @11:21AM (#14401973)
In the context of mass marketing, though, it is again very old. PR is basically propaganda, where these emotional manipulation techniques are very important.
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Re:UK survey of 14-24-year-olds indicates social networks ha... by aleh on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @11:25AM (#14402024)
In a way, Holy Church has been doing it for ages.
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