The social and cultural impact of advertising among Chilean youths

 Enrique Vergara-Leyton, Santiago de Chile (Chile)

 Maite Rodríguez-Salineros, Santiago de Chile (Chile)

https://doi.org/10.3916/C35-2010-03-04

Keywords

Advertising, youth, media, daily life impact, Cultural Studies, product consumption

Abstract

This work analyzes the impact of advertising among Chilean youngsters of different socioeconomic background. We aim to identify the relationship that this group establishes with advertising and, in particular, the way they incorporate it in their socialization strategies. We do not address what advertising does to youngsters, but instead what youngsters do with advertising in their practices of appropriation and reception of it. The research design included focus groups of male and female youngsters living in Santiago de Chile between 15 and 24 years of age coming from both high and low-income background. The conclusion of our research is that advertising is assumed by youngsters as a constitutive part of the media offering, which is used both as commercial information and as a cultural referent of new aesthetic values. Furthermore, advertising represents a socializing agent for this group because they incorporate the content of advertising in their exchange with their peers. Finally, this work concludes that advertising represents a sociocultural fact of the first order for the Chilean youth, because it is a central actor of their daily life.

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