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Scary Subliminal Advertising And Why It Works

 
< P > A c c o r d i n g t o a n A p r i l 2 0 0 6 i s s u e o f t h e N e w S c i e n t i s t , r e s e a r c h h a s p r o v e n t h a t s u b l i m i n a l a d v e r t i s i n g m e s s a g e s w o r k … a n d t h a t i f c o n d i t i o n s a r e r i g h t , s u b l i m i n a l a d v e r t i s i n g t o p r o m o t e a b r a n d c a n b e m a d e t o w o r k . < / P > < P > P r e v i o u s e x p e r i m e n t s c l a i m i n g t h i s w e r e d e b u n k e d . B u t i n a r e c e n t e x p e r i m e n t , s c i e n t i s t s f o u n d t h a t e i g h t y p e r c e n t o f v o l u n t e e r s w h o h a d b e e n e x p o s e d t o t h e s u b l i m i n a l a d v e r t i s i n g m e s s a g e c h o s e t h a t p r o d u c t , c o m p a r e d t o o n l y 2 0 p e r c e n t o f t h e c o n t r o l s . T h o s e a r e s c a r y s t a t s i n d e e d . < / P > < P > T h e t e r m “ s u b l i m i n a l m e s s a g e ” w a s p o p u l a r i z e d i n 1 9 1 7 ( W o r l d W a r I ) , w h e n t h e U S a r m y w o u l d s n e a k m e s s a g e s i n t o s o n g s a n d p u t s u b l i m i n a l m e s s a g e s i n p o s t e r s t r y i n g t o g e t p e o p l e t o j o i n t h e a r m y . < / P > < P > A s u b l i m i n a l m e s s a g e i s d e f i n e d a s a s i g n a l o r m e s s a g e d e s i g n e d t o p a s s b e l o w t h e n o r m a l l i m i t s o f p e r c e p t i o n . S u b l i m i n a l m e s s a g e s t a r g e t t h e s u b c o n s c i o u s m i n d a n d m a y b e g e n e r a t e d i n t h e f o r m o f a n i m a g e t r a n s m i t t e d b r i e f l y a n d n o t p e r c e i v e d c o n s c i o u s l y a n d y e t p e r c e i v e d u n c o n s c i o u s l y . < / P > < P > W h i l e t h e c o n s c i o u s , r a t i o n a l m i n d a c t s a s a f i l t e r a n d s c r e e n s o u t m e s s a g e s n o t c o n s i s t e n t w i t h o u r b e l i e f s , t h e s u b c o n s c i o u s m i n d a c c e p t s m e s s a g e s w i t h o u t f i l t e r i n g t h e m - r a t h e r l i k e t h e m i n d o f a c h i l d . < / P > < P > T h e e f f e c t s o f s u b l i m i n a l t e l e v i s i o n a d v e r t i s i n g c o u l d b e e v e n m o r e p o w e r f u l o n c h i l d r e n . I t ’ s b e e n f o u n d t h a t f o r e a c h a d d i t i o n a l h o u r p e r d a y t h a t a c h i l d w a t c h e d t e l e v i s i o n a n a v e r a g e o f o n e a d d i t i o n a l r e q u e s t w a s m a d e f o r a n a d v e r t i s e d p r o d u c t . < / P > < P > B u t t h e n i t d o e s n ’ t t a k e a s c i e n t i s t t o t e l l u s w h a t m o s t p a r e n t s k n o w a n y w a y . M o s t o f u s h a v e e x p e r i e n c e d p e s t e r - p o w e r f i r s t - h a n d . < / P > < P > T h e r e s e a r c h e r s a l s o f o u n d t h a t p r i m i n g o n l y w o r k s w h e n t h e p r i m e i s g o a l - r e l e v a n t . I n p l a i n E n g l i s h , t h i s m e a n s y o u ’ r e l i k e l y t o b u y a p r o d u c t t h a t q u e n c h e s y o u r t h i r s t o n l y i f y o u w e r e a l r e a d y t h i r s t y a n y w a y . < / P > < P > S o , s u b l i m i n a l m e s s a g e s c o u l d b e m o r e u s e f u l i n p r i m i n g a t a r g e t a u d i e n c e t o c h o o s e o n e b r a n d o v e r a n o t h e r , r a t h e r t h a n i n c r e a t i n g a n a c t u a l n e e d f o r t h e p r o d u c t . < / P > < P > W h a t i f p o l i t i c i a n s s t a r t e d u s i n g i t t o i n f l u e n c e o u r c h o i c e s ? W e l l , i t ’ s v e r y l i k e l y t h e y d o a l r e a d y . < / P > < P > D o s u b l i m i n a l m e s s a g e s v i o l a t e t h e c o d e o f a d v e r t i s i n g ? W i l l t h i s c h a n g e t h e w a y a d v e r t i s i n g i s r e g u l a t e d ? H o w c o u l d w e d e t e c t s u b l i m i n a l m e s s a g e s i n s e r t e d i n t o c r e a t i v e s ? < / P > < P > A n d , i n o u r o p i n i o n , w h a t i s “ w r o n g ” - t h e f a c t t h a t t h e y a c t u a l l y w o r k , o r t h a t a d v e r t i s e r s w o u l d b e s n e a k y e n o u g h t o u s e t h e m ? < / P > < P > B u t f a r b e t t e r u s e s h a v e b e e n f o u n d f o r s u b l i m i n a l m e s s a g e s t h a n a d v e r t i s i n g . I n p e r s o n a l t r a n s f o r m a t i o n , f o r i n s t a n c e . < / P > < P > A s w e l e a r n m o r e a b o u t t h e w a y o u r m i n d w o r k s , i t w i l l b e c o m e c l e a r e r h o w s u b l i m i n a l m e s s a g e s r e a l l y a f f e c t o u r d e c i s i o n s a n d w h e t h e r t h e y s h o u l d o r s h o u l d n o t b e a l l o w e d i n a d v e r t i s i n g . < / P >
Author: Priya Shah
 
Author Bio:

Priya Shah

Priya Shah is a former journalist and partner in the online publishing firm, Connect10. She currently writes on topics that include internet marketing, search engine optimization, business blogging, self-improvement and health issues.

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