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Human Portrayals in Advertising The Necess i ty o f the Stereotype

Ho l z wo r t h a n d Wo o dru f f

Human Portrayals in Advertising

Stereotype/Schema Defined

Human Portrayals in Advertising

So What’s The Problem?

1. Stereotypes can create false

misconceptions

2. Stereotypes are sometimes misused in

advertising

3. Stereotypes offend some consumers

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1. Stereotypes can be used responsibly.

2. Advertising would fail without stereotypes.

3. Dysfunctional stereotypes need functional stereotypes

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Counterarguments

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Stereotype (n.)

Pattern Average

Custom

1. Stereotypes can be used responsibly.

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Human Portrayals in Advertising

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Customized Communication

Incongruity (n.)

Advertising and behavioral

mismatches between

advertising stereotypes

and consumer response

2. Advertising would fail without stereotypes.

Human Portrayals in Advertising

Human Portrayals in Advertising

Stereotyping is a way to take

what we know and categorize it

so we can more quickly identify

and react to the world around us.

It’s ingrained. It’s not going

anywhere.

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Serve to degrade

or a l ienate the

nature of their

subjects.

3. Dysfunctional stereotypes need functional

stereotypes.

Provide real is t ic

depict ions of the

nature of their

subjects.

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Back to The Problem

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