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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.
Friendvertising: When your Facebook friends become unpaid marketers
"Friendvertising" is the latest trick by marketers who want you to sell their brand.
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?
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.
Avaaz lion bones adverts were censored, finds ConCourt
The Constitutional Court has ruled that the removal of adverts in OR Tambo International was censorship.
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.
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.