Social Psychology Theories in Modern Advertising
Channel: The Autistic Shaman
Date: 2021-05-03

Humor has been a staple of advertising for many years. Ads have a simple goal in mind: get people to buy their products. But how they get them to open their wallets is a complex strategy driven by a keen understanding of how people function on a socially psychological level. More recently there has been a rise in humorous ads for… slightly embarrassing products. Like the Squatty Potty, Poo-Pourri, and the Hello Flo period products. But are they embarrassing? How do you know? Are these ads changing 
how we think about normal bodily functions?
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Social Psychology as applied to humor in modern advertising. Written & Edited by Kira Trinity