This article explores how ads convey information, which need not be simply facts or news. There are two kinds of information: semantic (knowledge-based, scientific, transferable, objective, outer-directed and brand positioning) and aesthetic (subjective, self-referent, emotional, inner-directed and brand image).
What is the 'information' in an ad?
Charles Young
In a meeting at a medium-sized baked goods company, the ad agency realised that the newly minted CEO, promoted from the financial side of the business, was operating with a mental model of advertising that...