The use of taboo areas in social advertising

Authors

  • Agnieszka Woch Université de Łódź, Pologne

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18778/2392-0718.02.04

Keywords:

social advertising, taboo, death, discrimination

Abstract

This paper discusses the appearance of taboo topics in social advertising. It analyses the taboos employed by the authors of social campaigns in order to raise awareness of social issues relevant to their contemporary society. The corpus comprises slogans from French, Italian and Polish social campaigns.

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Published

2015-12-01

How to Cite

Woch, A. (2015). The use of taboo areas in social advertising. E-Scripta Romanica, 2, 31–37. https://doi.org/10.18778/2392-0718.02.04

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