The Ethical Frames Blog
The next generation of emotional research
That's disgusting!
Last year I wrote about the Clif Bar ad that talked about how the disgust response is powerful in advertising but doesn’t work well for food. Well, the folks on the Burger King account must not have read my post or at least they didn’t believe it. Or perhaps they didn’t have enough organizational…
Political Polarization & Super Bowl Commercials
Everyone has an opinion about the Super Bowl commercials. But that’s from their own viewpoint. Because our media has become polarized, this show may be the only place to see commercials targeted at a very diverse audience. Here’s my analysis of how the different groups might perceive some of the…
The US Census is Under Pressure
For those of you who haven’t been following the news on the US Census, it is in difficult situation as it prepares to conduct their decennial census this year. The Trump administration created part of that pressure in their attempt to add a question about citizenship to the shorter questionnaire. …
Indecision: A new type of Hallmark Moment
In December, Hallmark waffled on their decision whether to accept an ad featuring a same sex couple wedding. At first, they said they wouldn’t accept it because it was controversial, then they changed their minds and “re-established” a partnership with Zola, the advertiser who created the spots.
Make your relationships stronger this holiday
A lot of people have tips about how to survive the holidays when you have major disagreements. That’s important in this era of culture wars, but not good enough, that means your relationship is frozen. Instead, I want to focus on how to thrive and grow in a relationship with someone you care about…
Do you find it surprising that Coke’s users are more likely to be conservative, while Pepsi’s are liberal?
Coke and Pepsi's decisions made years ago are still playing out in the profiles of their users.
Surviving Thanksgiving
Today, in honor of the US observance of Thanksgiving next week, I am going to talk about how to improve the holidays by applying the latest social science theories to personal interactions. (These are the same theories that are behind my blog posts on marketing, just so you don’t think I am totally…
Can marketers become more ethical?
Last week at the WARC networking event, Tom Morton (Chief Strategy Officer at R/GA) brought up the topic of ethics as it relates to implementing behavioral science in advertising. … One of his slides said: “The building blocks of digital design both incredibly powerful and morally ambivalent.” In…
Lessons from StratFest19: Understanding
A major theme of StratFest19 was understanding our target audience. This was first mentioned in the keynote by Rishad Tobaccawala (Chief Growth Officer for Publicis), who opened up StratFest19 with his thoughts on being a planner and succeeding in an organization. He told the story of his…
Marketing & Organizational Lessons from the WeWork Disaster
Both the fact that WeWork was a community builder and Adam Neumann an authority figure are atypical among Liberals.
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