Should puffery advertising in South Africa be banned? An interdisciplinary analysis

Advertising is employed to influence consumer decision-making by informing, persuading and reminding. Legal persuasive advertising is referred to as puffery (praise for a product by means of subjective opinions, superlatives, or exaggerations, vaguely and generally stating no specific facts). This...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Francoi de Wet, Martin Marais, Debbie Human
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of the Free State 2010-04-01
Series:Acta Academica
Online Access:http://196.255.246.28/index.php/aa/article/view/1250