Know Your Media
Consumer Behavior
Trends
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100

This popular magazine mocked advertising campaigns with satirical humor.

Ballyhoo

100

This frugal phrase, popularized during the Great Depression, encouraged consumers to stretch the life of their goods.

Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without

100

This marketing strategy encourages consumers to replace products frequently by designing them to become outdated or non-functional over time.

Planned obsolescence

100

Designed to appeal to housewives, these programs featured recurring characters in ongoing emotional plot lines and became known by this name.

Soap Operas

200

This U.S. president reassured the Depression-era American public with weekly radio fireside chats.

Franklin D Roosevelt

200

During the Depression, the public increasingly saw advertising in this negative light.

Dishonest

200

The tail fin design of many 1950s automobiles was inspired by these.

Bomber planes

200

This group, previously overlooked, became a key target for marketers in the 1950s, leading to a rise in consumer sales.

Teenagers

300

The 1939 World’s Fair focused on innovation and progress under this futuristic theme.

World of Tomorrow

300

This ultimately ended the Great Depression by revitalizing industrial production and employment.

World War II

300

This artist’s work exemplified the return to traditional American comforts in the postwar era.

Norman Rockwell

300

This company used sexualized, pin-up style illustrations in their advertising.

Springmaid

400

A scandal involving this type of television program led networks in the 50s to take over programming responsibilities from ad agencies.

Quiz shows

400

This economic trend, defined by a 25% increase in birthrate, shaped consumer demand in postwar America.

Baby Boom

400

In the 1950s marketing campaigns heavily focused on this area of the home.

Kitchen

400

In the 1950s, advertisers tailored campaigns to fit the lifestyle and aspirations of this unit.

Suburban families

500

During World War II, advertisements emphasized these three values to encourage rationing and support for the war effort. Name two

conservation, teamwork, and patience

500

In the postwar era, this demographic variable became the most influential factor in shaping marketing campaigns.

Gender

500

Three strategies defined marketing in the 1950s. Name one

1. designing products to match consumer needs, 

2. Manipulating prices and offering credit

3. Planned obsolescence

500

his government program, abbreviated as "NRA," aimed to stimulate economic recovery during the Great Depression.

National Recovery Act

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