Taboos and advertising communication in Tunisia : when socio-cultural limits are crossed

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الإصدار الرابع عشر: 19 فبراير 2024
من مجلة أنساق للفنون والآداب والعلوم الإنسانية

Taboos and advertising communication in Tunisia : when socio-cultural limits are crossed

Miriam KHELIFA
Abstract

The advertising image obeys a limited framework: the format of the poster or the frame of the advert. Paradoxically, however, it is this relatively small boundary itself that makes the poster or advert a place of escape rather than confinement. It encourages a journey beyond the confines of space and time, because it is centrifugal rather than closed. In an increasingly competitive environment, this advertising image must attract the consumer's attention (Campbell, 1995; Pieters et alii, 2002). There are several possible ways of achieving this objective. One of these is to portray taboos and play on the concept of provocation. Crossing sociocultural boundaries and breaking taboos is a genuine advertising strategy.

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