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NGO apologises for Feed a Child advert
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/ 9 July 2014

NGO apologises for Feed a Child advert

Feed a Child SA has apologised after its advertisement – which was meant to raise awareness about starving children – drew heavy criticism.

By Staff Reporter
Friendvertising: When your Facebook friends become unpaid marketers
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/ 13 January 2014

Friendvertising: When your Facebook friends become unpaid marketers

"Friendvertising" is the latest trick by marketers who want you to sell their brand.

By Guardian Reporter
How female corpses became a fashion trend
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/ 10 January 2014

How female corpses became a fashion trend

Women posed as dead bodies are an advertising staple, including the new Marc Jacobs ad with Miley Cyrus. Why does fashion fetishise the female corpse?

By Kira Cochrane
When advertising goes native
Article
/ 20 December 2013

When advertising goes native

The era of ads being easily distinguishable from reporting may be a brief golden age we will soon look back on as a fond memory, writes Eve Fairbanks.

By Eve Fairbanks
Avaaz lion bones adverts were censored, finds ConCourt
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/ 25 October 2013

Avaaz lion bones adverts were censored, finds ConCourt

The Constitutional Court has ruled that the removal of adverts in OR Tambo International was censorship.

By Sipho Kings
Xbox One checking if you’re watching ads? Less ‘gee-whiz’, more WTF
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/ 2 June 2013

Xbox One checking if you’re watching ads? Less ‘gee-whiz’, more WTF

Microsoft’s patented solution to people not paying attention: bribery. Maybe companies should just make better adverts, writes Arwa Mahdawi.

By Staff Reporter
Leaked Ford Figo ad shows bound and gagged women in boot
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/ 25 March 2013

Leaked Ford Figo ad shows bound and gagged women in boot

Three ad mock-ups for the Ford Figo hatchback were leaked on the internet last week and have caused controversy for their sexually violent nature.

By Grethe Koen

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