Women's life-stories in narrative advertisements: ideal subject/subject positioning

Story telling is important in advertising as a means to influence consumer perception. The aim of this paper is to examine how subject positioning inscribed into narrative ads featuring life-stories of women is integral to the construction of an ideal audience, which in turn has implications that go...

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Main Author: Soon, P.S.
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2009
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Online Access:http://eprints.um.edu.my/11113/1/Women%27s_Life.pdf
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Summary:Story telling is important in advertising as a means to influence consumer perception. The aim of this paper is to examine how subject positioning inscribed into narrative ads featuring life-stories of women is integral to the construction of an ideal audience, which in turn has implications that go beyond product- or brand-perception to that of female subjectivity.