Should you Advertise to Hostile Audiences?

Winters, L. C. (1977). Should you advertise to hostile audiences?. Journal of Advertising Research, 17, 3, 7-15.

Describes how radio and TV advertising was used to counteract the sharp public hostility toward Standard Oil of California and Chevron that developed after the oil embargo. The commercials, which featured a conservation message, created more favorable attitudes toward the company or deterred the growth of negative attitudes.

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