THE IMPACT OF TELEVISION ADVERTISING ON NURSING MOTHERS: (A CASE STUDY OF BABY PRODUCTS). A RESEARCH PROJECT MATERIAL ON MASS COMMUNICATION
ABSTRACT
The impact of Television Advertisement on Nursing Mothers cannot be over-emphasized.
The objectives of this research is to investigate if television is actually the most effective media of advertisement as many theorists have asserted and to determine whether baby products commercials they see on television could influence the buying habits of the nursing mothers.
In this study, the work has been grouped into the following sections.
Chapter one deals with the introduction, which exposes the history of advertising in the world and in the country. It also deals with research problems, objectives, significance, definitions of terms, and limitations of the study.
In other words, chapter two covers the extensive review of related literature done by the researcher. This has to do with the views of experts and authors concerning the issue at stake.
Furthermore, chapter three deals with the research method, design population, sample, measuring instruments, data collection, data analysis and expected results.
The population was based on the urban and rural dwellers in Nsukka.
In chapter four, data collected through oral interviews and questionnaires were analyzed using percentage (%) method, tables were used in presenting the data.
Finally, chapter five deals with summary based on findings. Also recommendations were made such that would be helpful to the manufacturers and advertisers of baby products.
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Advertising is one of the oldest and most popular tools used in the marketing of goods and services. The origin of advertising could be traced back to ancient times when carvings called pictographs were found on walls in places like Egypt, Spain and China to advertise goods and services.
Modern advertising in Nigeria came through the colonial masters and today in the country, advertising has assumed a major significance in the business circle. Advertising has helped in creating markets for various product brands by arousing the interest of consumers towards a particular product.
Keith Cowin et al (1975), said that advertising has a cumulative effect on moulding the behaviour of the individual consumers.1
The effect of advertising on the national economy is overwhelming. Alai Stevenson, a one time United States secretary of State said that, American standard of living is the imaginative genius of advertising whi8ch not only creates and sharpens demand, but also by its impact on the competitive process, stimulates the ever-increasing quest for improvement in the quality of products.
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