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How does different advertising techniques in different commercials give people different feeling and responses{answer in facts if possible please}

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Hello, Fenix

The response to your question could fill a text book. In fact, it does. It's called consumer psychology.

But the short answer to your question is this: everybody reacts to advertising in different ways because everyone's own life experiences are different. What's funny to one person is provocative to another. What's relevant to one person is irrelevant to another.  

The response depends on the subject (the person watching your commercial). So, the "how" you asked in your question is a matter of matching a technique to a subject.

That's a very broad answer, of course. But anything more specific...well, that sounds like a homework assignment to me.


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Sean Trapani

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I am a professor of advertising at the nation's largest art and design school. I teach general advertising courses, copywriting and brand theory.

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I have 15+ years ad agency experience as a copywriter and creative director. My experience covers general agency work, such as consumer print and broadcast, as well as specialized communications such as directory advertising, recruitment advertising and employee communications. My work has received dozens of awards, including ADDYs, Silver Microphones, Tellys and others.

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