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McKinsey: 5 Factors Driving a New Golden Age of Marketing

Sword and the Script

Mad Men may come to mind for culture, but what McKinsey says heralded that golden age was “a happy marriage of advertising and technology.”. As a benchmark, in 1960 US advertising spending totaled $12 billion according to AdAge. If there’s place for art amid all the science it is in the storytelling aspect of business.

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The Essential Guide to Mass Communication: History, Methods, Ethics, and the Future

Masters in Communications

Typically, it is synonymous with broadcast and print media: radio, TV, and film (small and large screen), print media, and advertising. Outdoor and transmit media typically tend to be advertising material (but not always). False Advertising Advertising exists to sell products and services.

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