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subliminal advertising
noun
- a form of advertising on film or television that employs subliminal images to influence the viewer unconsciously
Example Sentences
The centralized location is ideal, but there’s also more than a little subliminal advertising going on.
Then there was also a lot of talk about brainwashing—think of The Manchurian Candidate—and a whole scandal about the idea of subliminal advertising messages in movies.
I read a book back then, Vance Packard’s “The Hidden Persuaders,” about subliminal advertising and packaging a product, including presidents.
I read a book back then, Vance Packard’s “The Hidden Persuaders,” about subliminal advertising and packaging a product, including presidents.
Subliminal advertising — which includes words or images that can’t be consciously perceived — became famous in 1957, after a marketing researcher claimed to have radically boosted sales of popcorn and Coca-Cola in a movie theater by flashing the phrases “eat popcorn” and “drink Coca-Cola” on-screen for a single frame.
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