In 2017, Pepsi faced backlash for a TV ad where model Kendall Jenner leaves a photoshoot to join a protest and offers a can of soda to a police officer.
The message was simple: affordable, fresh vegetables. But the way it was delivered speaks volumes about the advertising industry’s ongoing struggle with ethical storytelling.
The storyline of a heroine falling for a guy just because he wears a Macho underwear is a straight up snoozefest. It trivialises both the characters and the audience's intelligence.
While it’s likely that television, as we know and grew up lovingly with, may evolve or decline in popularity, it is unlikely that it will become completely obsolete.
In the last couple of decades, there have been many debates about the role of advertising and the ethics in advertising. Does advertising manipulate...
Young boys who should be sweating about schoolwork are learning how to corner women. Are we now supposed to add children to the list of people we need to protect ourselves from?
Armenia has procured significant defence equipment from India, including artillery guns, multi-barrel rocket launchers, air defence system, sniper rifles, weapons locating radars, anti-drone weapons.
The key to fighting a war successfully, or even launching it, is a clear objective. That’s an entirely political call. It isn’t emotional or purely military.
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