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Why I Hate 'The Girl on the Platform Smiled' Advert

Alex McBride | Posted 13.06.2013 | UK Comedy
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Alex McBride

I could have got off my train at Carlisle, walked right up to that girl and explained all of this to her (leaving out any profanity and the washing up rota) She could have given me a look before running for her life, or she could have married me a few years down the line.

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Three Recent TV Ad Tropes That Women Are Sick Of

Belinda Parmar | Posted 01.04.2013 | UK Entertainment
Read More: Advertisement, Pink, Stereotypes, Women's Issues, Advertising, UK TV, Women on TV, Nikon, Women in Tech, UK Television, Gender, Video, UK Entertainment News
Belinda Parmar

Women are now involved in 80% of household purchasing decisions. And how many advertising directors are female? Only 3%. This might be the reason that so much of the ad industry's female-orientated output feels hopelessly out-of-date.

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Naked Calendar: Liberation Gone Too Far?

Layla Haidrani | Posted 10.02.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: Advertisement, Sports, Naked, Gender Inequality, Sex, Christmas, Female, Objectification, Student Life, Procrastination, Students, Universities, Unilad, UK Universities & Education News
Layla Haidrani

Why aren't women allowing themselves to be proud to show off their mental capacity such as academic ability but have chosen the route of posing naked? After all, there are more women at university than men.

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Taking a Tablet Will Solve the Print Headache

Bruce Hudson | Posted 16.12.2012 | UK Tech
Read More: Advertisement, Print Journalism, UK-Tech-2013, Digital Content, UK Media, UK Tech, Online Journalism, Tablets, Ipad, UK Tech News
Bruce Hudson

So how is the tablet going to change the magazine world? Well, let me take you by the hand and walk you into a newsagent and show you five magazines with circulations of fewer than 20,000 that have advertising revenues of more than 50K.

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Charlie Thomas

Car Insurance Ad Banned

HuffingtonPost.com | Charlie Thomas | Posted 15.08.2012 | UK
Read More: TV Canada, Advertisement, Insurance, Car Insurance, Advertising, Asa, Cars, UK Business, Business, Motoring, UK News

Car insurance specialist RIAS has been banned from broadcasting an advert asking "Why pay more than £195?". Two complainants challenged a televisi...

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100 Most Shocking Adverts In Pictures

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 18.08.2012 | Home
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SEE ALSO: Harvey Nichols Advert Features Models Wetting Themselves In Excitement Over Sale (PICTURES)Adidas JS Roundhouse Mids 'Slave' Shackle Train...

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The 100 Most Shocking Adverts Of All Time

The Huffington Post UK | Alice E. Vincent | Posted 26.06.2012 | Home
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Sex sells. That's what we're always told. But judging by this collection of adverts, dark humour sells too. So does sexism. And violence. We've co...

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Ad Review: Changing Faces -- Leo

Josh Okungbaiye | Posted 30.06.2012 | UK
Read More: Advertisement, Facial Disfigurement, Reviews, Charity, Film, DDB UK, Movies, Video, UK News
Josh Okungbaiye

I've been watching a lot of TV lately and I've noticed DDB's (a Worldwide advertising agency with offices globally, particularly in London and New Yor...

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The Pending Death of Left-Wing Journalism?

Rizwan Syed | Posted 03.01.2013 | UK Politics
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Rizwan Syed

Ethical, non-profit organisations naturally possess less marketing resources than profit making companies (especially the less ethical companies such as those in arms production, oil companies and others which damage the environment, profit from war and exploit third-world workers). As a consequence, such ethical sources of funding cannot be relied upon to support journalism to anywhere near the same extent as corporations can.

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