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==Emotionally manipulative ad campaigns==
==Emotionally manipulative ad campaigns==
*The modern marketing revolution ... meant that, instead of touting a product's actual benefits, marketers instead would [[manipulation|psychologically manipulate]] the public by associating their product with the fulfillment of people's deepest, unconscious needs and desires. (Want to sell liquor? Put a seductive woman in the ad.) Obviously, the marketers could never actually deliver on that promise – but [[emotional manipulation]] sure is an effective way to sell a lot of products. <ref> [http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=48076 Brokeback Mountain - Rape of the Marlboro Man] </ref>
According to [[David Kupelian]], marketing is the application of the knowldege of human [[psychology]] to the task of persuation.<ref>{{cite book |title=The marketing of evil: How radicals, elitists, and pseudo-experts sell us corruption disguised as freedom |author=David Kupelian |publisher=WND Books |year=2005 |pages=99 |isbn=978-1-58182-459-9 |url=https://books.google.no/books?id=kQpXAAAAYAAJ}}</ref>
*The modern marketing revolution ... meant that, instead of touting a product's actual benefits, marketers instead would [[manipulation|psychologically manipulate]] the public by associating their product with the fulfillment of people's deepest, unconscious needs and desires. (Want to sell liquor? Put a seductive woman in the ad.) Obviously, the marketers could never actually deliver on that promise – but [[emotional manipulation]] sure is an effective way to sell a lot of products.<ref> [http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=48076 Brokeback Mountain - Rape of the Marlboro Man]</ref>
==References==
==References==
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==See Also==
[[The Marketing of Evil]]
[[Category:Business]]
[[Category:Business]]
[[Category:Psychology]]