Handbook of Product Placement in the Mass Media: New Strategies in Marketing Theory, Practice, Trends, and Ethics

This book examines product placement, related media marketing strategies, and their impacts upon consumers. The contributors are national experts in a variety of mass media specialties, who address product placement in terms of historical context, Hollywood, brand synergy and brand identity, and legal/ethical issues. You'll also find fascinating case studies focusing on product placement in movie and television programs, in books, and as a marketing technique for medical products--plus examinations of the impact of adding an audible reference to a visually prominent brand placement and of the use of generic or fictitious products in otherwise "realistic" films.