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Publication type: Journal Article

Brock TP, Smith MC.
A content analysis of the appeals used in advertising in the Americal Journal of Hospital Pharmacy in 1960, 1970, 1980, and 1990
Journal of Pharmaceutical Marketing & Management 1998; 12:(4):43


Abstract:

Previous research efforts have identified pharmaceutical advertising appeals that attempt to motivate physicians to prescribe or pharmacists to dispense a particular drug product. The information provided by this study represents a description and quantification of a 30-year progression of drug product advertising directed at the institutional pharmacist. The objectives of this study were (1) to determine the totalnumber of pharmaceutical advertising appeals encountered in the American Journal of Hospital Pharmacy in 1960, 1970, 1980, and 1990, (2) to determine the frequency of advertisements in the study years with respect to type of appeal, (3) to determine external rationale for any trends identified, and (4) to identify any new appeal types. A total of 896 drug product advertisements in 7071 journal pages were evaluated to reveal a total of 4537 appeal appearances. The average number of appeals per advertisement increased from 3.82 in 1960 to 5.75 in 1990, and several new appeal categories were suggested.

Keywords:
*content analysis/United States/pharmacies and pharmacists/ journal advertisements/ images in ads/ATTITUDES REGARDING PROMOTION: CONSUMERS/PATIENTS/EVALUATION OF PROMOTION: JOURNAL ADVERTISEMENTS/IMAGES IN PROMOTION: SCIENTIFIC APPEAL

 

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As an advertising man, I can assure you that advertising which does not work does not continue to run. If experience did not show beyond doubt that the great majority of doctors are splendidly responsive to current [prescription drug] advertising, new techniques would be devised in short order. And if, indeed, candor, accuracy, scientific completeness, and a permanent ban on cartoons came to be essential for the successful promotion of [prescription] drugs, advertising would have no choice but to comply.
- Pierre R. Garai (advertising executive) 1963