Message Framing and Interactivity in Direct-to-Consumer Internet Advertisements: Visual and Textual Cues of Web Sites for Prescription Medications

Americans adoption of the Internet has spawned the increased usage of this medium for direct-to-consumer advertising by pharmaceutical manufacturers, despite the widespread controversy over the ethics of the practice, the educational value of direct-to-consumer advertising, and the ultimate cost of...

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Main Author: Harrington, Brooke Alayne
Other Authors: Andrea Miller
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: LSU 2008
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Online Access:http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-05302008-182755/