Cross-cultural content analysis of printed advertisements from character and alphabet-based cultures.

A cross-cultural content analysis of advertisements revealed significant differences between advertisements from Character-based cultures and Alphabet-based cultures. The former had a higher area of words than the latter, and vice-versa for graphics. Character-based cultures had a higher need for co...

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Main Authors: Hong, Siu Ming., Huang, Ying., Teo, Yee Ann.
Other Authors: Simmons, Lee Chadwick
Format: Final Year Project
Published: 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/8836
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
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Summary:A cross-cultural content analysis of advertisements revealed significant differences between advertisements from Character-based cultures and Alphabet-based cultures. The former had a higher area of words than the latter, and vice-versa for graphics. Character-based cultures had a higher need for cognition, higher contextual nature, and stronger fear of misleading others.