Stimulus Diffusion and Imaginative Creation: The Influence of Culture and Technology on the Development of Advertising in Asia

YANG Xiaohong, CUI Wenting, LONG Zhenping

Chinese Journal of Journalism & Communication ›› 2023, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (11) : 127-143.

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Chinese Journal of Journalism & Communication ›› 2023, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (11) : 127-143.
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Stimulus Diffusion and Imaginative Creation: The Influence of Culture and Technology on the Development of Advertising in Asia

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Based on the “Asian phenomenon”, this paper makes an overall observation of Asian advertisements and analyzes all the Asian advertisements awarded in CLIFC of Cannes International Creative Festival from 2010 to 2019. It holds that Asian advertisements show the combined effect of Asian cultural factors and science and technology in strategy and creativity. On the one hand, Asian advertisements are saturated with cultural meanings. Cultural concepts and ways have influenced the creation and expression of Asian advertisements. On the other hand, with the improvement of the level of science and technology in Asia, More and more scientific and technological elements and technical characteristics are reflected in the advertising methods and effects. With the increasing involvement of science and technology in Asian advertising, the interaction between culture and science and technology will further promote the explosive dissemination and imaginative creation of Asian advertising and jointly promote the development of Asian advertising.

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Asian advertising / cultural factors / technological power / stimulus diffusion / imaginative creation

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YANG Xiaohong , CUI Wenting , LONG Zhenping. Stimulus Diffusion and Imaginative Creation: The Influence of Culture and Technology on the Development of Advertising in Asia[J]. Chinese Journal of Journalism & Communication. 2023, 45(11): 127-143

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Footnotes

1. 数英(2019)。MAGNA预测报告:2020年全球广告市场将增长5.7%。检索于 https://www.digitaling.com/articles/242682.html。

2. 芝加哥调查是指美国芝加哥全球事务委员会和韩国东亚学社对包括美国、中国等国家在内的软实力民意调查。

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National social science foundation project “research on the communication influence of 'China story' under the background of 'One Belt and One Road”(17BXW040)
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