Statement of The Problem
Statement of The Problem
Statement of The Problem
Alonge (2001) feels that advertising can be defined as any paid form of non- personal
communication which is directed to the consumers or target audiences through various media
in order to prevent and promote product, services and idea.
Young (2005) stated that in an effort to improve managing and gain audience attention,
advertisers create branding moment that will resonate with target markets, and motivate
audiences to purchase the advertised product or service, advertisers copy test their
advertisement before releasing them to the public
Newhaven and Rafaeli (1996) define interactivity as “a communication that reflects back on
itself, feeds on, and responds to the past”. Therefore, in the authors‟ research, interactivity is
defined as the communication between consumers and advertisers, for example, advertiser
affect consumer’s habit and behaviours, while consumer also affect advertiser’s management.
Richards and Curran (2002) “Advertising is a paid, mediated form of communication from
an identifiable source, designed to persuade the receiver to take some action now or in the
future.”
Internet is one of the important mediums that own all kinds of features, which implies a great
potential and powerful advertising medium in the future.
In addition, Internet has a better impact than traditional media in the features
like Format Variety, Affinity, and Preservability. Furthermore, Internet is the only medium so
far which owns the feature of interactivity. That creates lots of new communication
opportunities and possibilities that were unable to be achieved in the past because of the
limitation of media technologies. In spite of these whether the online advertisement is effective
in influencing the Potential Buyers in modern era
OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY:
To explore the difference between online advertising and traditional form of advertising.
NAME :
3. Do you Own a computer Yes I: No [:1 4. Do you Surf the net Yes C: No l: 5. How many
hours do you Spend on Browsing < lhr [:l lhr [:3 >lhr El 6. Are you aware of Online
Advertisement Yes [3 No l:
Advertisements:
Longman (2000) says “advertising is an act of telling people publicly about a product or
service in order to persuade them to buy it.
Alonge(2001) feels that advertising can be defined as any paid form of non- personal
communication which is directed to the consumers or target audiences through various media
in order to prevent and promote product, services and idea.
Newhaven and Rafaeli (1996) define interactivity as “a communication that reflects back on
itself, feeds on, and responds to the past”. Therefore, in the authors‟ research, interactivity is
defined as the communication between consumers and advertisers, for example, advertiser
affect consumer’s habit and behaviours, while consumer also affect advertiser’s management.
Richards and Curran (2002) “Advertising is a paid, mediated form of communication from an
identifiable source, designed to persuade the receiver to take some action now or in the future.”