Comments on: Branding, Advertising, and the Attention Economy http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2009/09/03/branding-advertising-and-the-attention-economy/ Weblog of Wesley Fryer Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: New Posting http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2009/09/03/branding-advertising-and-the-attention-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-98727 New Posting Sun, 27 Sep 2009 03:46:47 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/?p=3749#comment-98727 [...] Fryer’s education blog The Speed of Creativity discusses why people hate advertising. I really don’t like to use the word “hate” at all, so I hesitate to say “I hate [...] [...] Fryer’s education blog The Speed of Creativity discusses why people hate advertising. I really don’t like to use the word “hate” at all, so I hesitate to say “I hate [...]

]]> By: Charles http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2009/09/03/branding-advertising-and-the-attention-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-97173 Charles Sat, 12 Sep 2009 22:09:31 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/?p=3749#comment-97173 I found your post very interesting. I am a recent college grad and I chose to pursue marketing as my course of study. I think advertising can be used for evil, but I think there are a lot of positive externalities of advertising in society. For instance it generates consumer demand, which fuels the economy, which generates revenue for the government, which helps fund schools. I believe you are a fan of the Apple iPod touch as a tool for education. Well if Apple did not run advertising to promote the iPod, their sales would be much lower, and developers would have a much lower incentive to develop useful education applications. Thoughts? I found your post very interesting. I am a recent college grad and I chose to pursue marketing as my course of study. I think advertising can be used for evil, but I think there are a lot of positive externalities of advertising in society. For instance it generates consumer demand, which fuels the economy, which generates revenue for the government, which helps fund schools.

I believe you are a fan of the Apple iPod touch as a tool for education. Well if Apple did not run advertising to promote the iPod, their sales would be much lower, and developers would have a much lower incentive to develop useful education applications.

Thoughts?

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