What do you think about watching advertisements? Advertisements represent variety, a world of ideas, and efforts that attract public attention. They try to show and deliver their purpose in a short period. With the development of video media, advertisements can affect more people, and the character of advertisement is changing little by little.
Advertising surrounds people, and people have begun to dismiss advertising unless it is something special and grabs their attention. The Internet has also added a new dimension to advertising. The netizens and companies have become interchangeable through the Internet, and has a special way to advertise. Many politicians are starting to utilize it.
When the elections of the National Assembly began in May 2006, many qualified persons took interest in getting on the stamp ballot. They made posters, visited their electoral district, and spoke to the public. However, what became a new issue was the use of the Internet in the campaigns public relations. The new politicians made a minihompi in cyworld that many people throughout the country where able to use. They also issued a ‘Paper’ that is similar to an Internet magazine so they could provided a lot of information to the people.
For example, famous politicians like Park, Geun-hye or Jung, Dong-young operate directly with their minihomepi. They create and make their own images from stiff-and-conservative to familiar-and-friendly. They meet netizens online and communicate quickly. It is a type of advertisement, just different method. Also, Sohn, Hak-qu, who is the ex-governor of Kyung-gi province issues a ‘Paper’. He explains clearly about many society problems. It has worked to bring the people closer to their politicians and to break many of their prejudices and misunderstandings.
This new trend in Advertising raises one important issue, the advertising activities for universities. When searching for information about universities for continuing study, many students look for information on the Internet. People, who are interested, want to know the latest news. If the university does not advertise, their competitive power begins to fall. In the case of Chung-Ang University (CAU), how do they advertise? The Chung-Ang Herald (CAH) met a director of public relations, Yun, Jae-hwan.
First, CAU advertises by publishing three magazines, ‘Here is Chung-Ang’, ‘Cyber Newsletter’ and ‘Catalog of University’. The ‘Here is Chung-Ang’ which publishes issues every quarter is read by high school students mainly. The ‘Cyber Newsletter’, which publishes issues every month, is mainly read by fellow pupils and faculty, the ‘Catalog of University’ includes information for foreign students.
In addition, CAU chooses student helpers for public relations activities. Now, there are twelve students, who are active with the Universities projects. In the case of
The present image of the CAU is ‘Center’. It is one of the efforts that the Department of Public Relation tried to change the University’s public image. The changes started in 2000. Each small effort produced a big result. A study of students marked the beginning of CAU’s rise in the people’s opinion. Also the school’s motto and perception: ‘Die in honor, live for truth’ was located and used for the first time in CAU’s publications.
Below is a positive campaign that supports the president and CAU makes a plan for advertising.
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| ▲ Park Geun-hye, Jung Dong-young's minihompi | ||
Advertisements concentrate on selling their goods or services, but sometimes it is better to have a real image and then to enlarge the meaning of the product through its advertisement gradually. According to a flow like this, the TV commercial advertisement is the most commonplace media. Similarity, the new trends are popular among the advertising community; that the companies prefer to use a model of a common person rather than many of
The typical example is ‘White’ of Yuhan Kimbely. They used a common person to model. This advertisement made an image of fresh, clean, and so on. ‘Tromm’ of LG Electron companies did an employment event, where they were looking for a common person model in their advertisement.
The most distinguished area of change in advertising is the self-introduction. When you listen to someone’s self introduction on a radio advertisement and then the spokes person begins to talk about the goods or service, the person and the product are linked. Their name and character are the strong points. Public Relations are similar to this. Most PR consultants advise to take care about our self-management. A good image attracts people’s minds, when making a confident method of public relations, they can appeal positively.
It is clear from advertising the importance of survival. If you have an ability to advertise well, he or she will continue to flow through life doing what he wants to do in life. Many Public Relations books are pouring into the market. To understand and use advertising, you will have to know how to advertise yourself.