Talk:Issues in Interdisciplinarity 2020-21/Truth in 21st century advertising

So to summarize we will be writing on the issue in four parts: viewpoints from Economics, Psychology, Philosophy, and the conflict between them (Conclusion), and we'll be doing the research this week :) XxXdiehardbascloverXxX (discuss • contribs) 17:50, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

Our writings have been settled around "21th century" advertisement as "modern" advertising could be confusing on what it really englobes. Our main scope has been new platforms that run ads as part of their business plan and worldwide known brands. ReasonWithKnowledge

Meeting Summary 20/11/2020
We had quite different thoughts at the beginning. But we were interested in advertisements and how the issue of truth was connected to it. We then think of a recent shift that happened in advertising which is about showing more the reality of things hence more diversity than before. It can and it is surely a change of mentality, where all consumers want to be represented to be able to identify themselves to the product. But above all, it is an opportunity for companies to target more consumers to maximize their profit. Borabora18 (discuss • contribs) 19:26, 27 November 2020 (UTC)

Meeting Summary 27/11/2020
On our zoom call today we reflect on the fact that our wiki chapter title "truth in the diversity of modern advertising" is not enough representing our topic and can be misunderstood. We are reflecting on finding one that will fit better. Borabora18 (discuss • contribs) 19:03, 27 November 2020 (UTC)

Meeting Summary 06/12/2020
1. More focus on whether modern advertising is 'truthful' or not e.g. What is considered the truth? Are corporations/firms becoming more honest or deceitful when advertising their products on new platforms (social media, internet campaigns) with new information (big data, people's internet activity)? 2. Summarize what scholars/academics in these disciplines are saying about modern advertising e.g. What do modern mainstream psychologists/economists/philosophers think about advertising nowadays? What solutions do they suggest to make advertising more truthful, or do they think it's already honest enough?
 * 2.1. We can make use of Google Scholar to find academic journals from the disciplines to see what are the most popular views on advertising from academics in these disciplines

3. After coming up with some neat summaries on different discipline's perspectives, we will discuss our work again on Thursday to bridge them together(introduction and conclusion) and finalize the three sections XxXdiehardbascloverXxX (discuss • contribs) 17:51, 6 December 2020 (UTC)

Philosophy
After doing some research this week, I think that it might be a little hard to use philosophy as one of the disciplines we focus on, because there isn't too much information about it in relation to our case study. It would be good if during today's zoom meeting we could maybe talk about this and think of a solution/something else we could look at instead Borabora18 (discuss • contribs) 17:22, 6 December 2020 (UTC)Borabora18 (discuss • contribs) 17:22, 6 December 2020 (UTC)Speedy 0109 (discuss • contribs) 10:45, 27 November 2020 (UTC)

What I put in the philosophy section are just some notes on the different views of truth in philosophy. I'm going to do some more research on those and then link them to advertising - looking at how advertisements fit the different perspectives of truth, and the ethical repercussions this could have Speedy 0109 (discuss • contribs) 22:13, 5 December 2020 (UTC)

Psychology
This week, we took time to set up our topic, reflecting on the different aspects of it. In terms of psychology within our topic, I did some research on how I can approach it. I read an interesting article about the psychology of advertising that was comparing advertisements to "the nervous system of the business world". Because as a nervous system is made to bring us every imaginable sensation from things around us, an advertisement must do the same. It is also said that the goal of an advertisement writer to produce certain effects on the minds of possible customers to make them want to buy their product. In this article, they define advertising as the Art of determining the will of potential consumers. Another interesting point is about how different memories are related to advertising. Borabora18 (discuss • contribs) 19:00, 27 November 2020 (UTC)

I reflect a lot on psychology in Advertising and found that psychology is essential in advertising, as ads aims are to touch the potential consumers in their emotions. Important to remember that beyond the product in itself it is the idea of it that matters, therefore how it is presented is as important as the content of the product. Borabora18 (discuss • contribs) 17:45, 6 December 2020 (UTC)

I put a part on several psychologists' ideas on advertising. Borabora18 (discuss • contribs) 22:35, 6 December 2020 (UTC)