Advertising Links
AAF: American Advertising Federation
http://www.aaf.org/
The AAF protects and promotes the well-being of advertising through a unique, nationally coordinated grassroots network of advertisers, agencies, media companies, local advertising clubs and college chapters.
Ad Dissection 101
http://www.verona.k12.wi.us/vahs/academics/team/ADSITE/index.htm
Exposing Media Manipulation. All the information you need to complete the assignments associated with this unit is accessible through this site.
Advertising and Marketing News
http://www.headlinespot.com/subject/industry/advertising.htm
Advertising Age, American Demographics and more.
The Advertising Standards Authority
http://www.asa.org.uk/index.asp
The ASA is the independent, self-regulatory body for non-broadcast advertisements, sales promotions and direct marketing in the UK. We administer the British Code of Advertising, Sales Promotion and Direct Marketing (The CAP Code) to ensure that advertisements are legal, decent, honest and truthful.
American Association of Advertising Agencies
http://www.aaaa.org/
The national trade association representing the advertising agency business.
The Best and Worst Images of the Media
http://www.mediawatch.ca/hot/imagery/Default.asp?language=English
Here are some positive advertising images which we´ve come across in recent years. Remember, for every positive ad there are numerous negative ones.
Deception and Advertising
http://www.richlandclicks.org/Teacher/connections/grade8/deception_ad.htm
When is it Misleading and when is it Puffery? An activity designed for the 8th grade, subject reading/language arts.
Emergence of Advertising in America
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ncdhtml/eaahome.html
The materials, drawn from the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library at Duke University, include cookbooks, photographs of billboards, print advertisements, trade cards, calendars, almanacs, and leaflets for a multitude of products.
New York City Signs -- 14th to 42nd Streets
http://www.14to42.net/
Visitors may browse an interactive map of the area, by the date of sign construction, or by business name. A photograph and brief sketch of the business and its history are available.
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