The Advertising Educational Foundation has developed audio visual materials which are specially designed to help professors and students in their daily classroom work and corporations in their training programs. Since 1990, these videos have been seen by over 450,000 students.

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Behind The Scenes: The Advertising Process at Work Released in 1990, this documentary captures the development of three advertising campaigns and illustrates the range and diversity of talent and expertise involved in the creative process via the advertisers and their ad agencies: Introduction (Running time: 00:28) Johnson & Johnson's Acuvue Disposable Contact Lens (Lowe Lintas) (Running time: 10:18) Kraft General Foods' Jell-O Gelatin Dessert (Young & Rubicam) (Running time: 09:03) Coca-Cola Classic (McCann-Erickson Worldwide) (Running time: 08:46) Credits (Running time: 00:35)

Good-Bye Guesswork: How Research Guides Today's Advertisers Released in 1995, and winner of four awards for creative excellence, this video-documentary illustrates some of the research techniques used in the development and evaluation of new advertising for three products. This video was made possible by a gift from the General Mills Foundation. Introduction (Running time: 00:42) Campbell Soup Company's V8 Juice (FCB) (Running time: 08:59) Maidenform (Ogilvy & Mather) (Running time: 08:41) AT&T "800" Service Portability (McCann-Erickson Worldwide) (Running time: 08:08) Credits (Running time: 00:30)

RESEARCH STUDIES

The Advertising Educational Foundation sponsored two major studies: one on the comprehension/miscomprehension of television communications and one on the same subject for print communications. In both studies, advertising and all other communications were tested in order to provide broad communication benchmarks and comparative results for study and analysis.

The results have been presented to academia, industry and government groups. The most influential presentation was made to the Federal Trade Commission. The Magazine study reinforced the Television study in demonstrating that there is no such thing as zero miscomprehension.

Experience shows that studies such as these lead to further studies by scholars and have a direct effect on the teaching of advertising and journalism.

Miscomprehension of Televised Communications

This landmark study, directed by Professor Jacob Jacoby of New York University, measures the extent and nature of viewer miscomprehension of various types of television programming, including advertising.
(1980)

The Comprehension and Miscomprehension of Print Communications

This study, a sequel to the television study, investigates the comprehension and miscomprehension of print communications of advertising and editorial in magazines.
(1987)

The videotapes: Good-Bye Guesswork and Behind the Scenes may be purchased directly through AEF:
Each is $15.50 (VHS 1/2" cassette).

The research studies are for purchase. The cost per study is $5.00.

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The Advertising Educational Foundation
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