The New Advertising ─ Branding, Content, and Consumer Relationships in the Data-Driven Social Media Era

The era of "big data" has revolutionized many industries—including advertising. This is a valuable resource that supplies current, authoritative, and inspiring information about—and examples of—current and forward-looking theories and practices in advertising.
• Provides easy-to-read, accessible insight from both academic and industry experts that create frameworks for thinking about how to effectively connect with consumers today• Examines how modern advertising works within our digitally focused, always on-the-go societyEnables readers to understand how advertising and marketing has progressed to reach its current state as well as the many options available for connecting with and engaging consumers today and tomorrow• Includes chapters written by luminaries ranging from Don E. Schultz, considered by most to be the father of integrated marketing communications, to Rishad Tobaccowala, who as Publicis Group chief strategist and member of its Directoire+ is one of the industry's leading visionaries

Ruth E. Brown, PhD, is a professor in the advertising and public relations sequence, College of Journalism and Mass Communications, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.Valerie K. Jones is an advertising agency veteran turned assistant professor of advertising and public relations at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, College of Journalism and Mass Communications.Ming (Bryan) Wang, PhD, is assistant professor of advertising and public relations in the College of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.