This short article will give an insight into the visual examples of subliminal messages as used in political speeches, cartoons, movies, song, and of course the media and advertising industry – especially the advertising industry!
Subliminal messages in every corner of the advertising industry, across all types of brands, corporations, and products, - it doesn't matter on the industry - even the most subtle subliminal suggestion can have a huge effect on brand recognition and on sales.
However, subliminal messaging is actually banned from use in TV advertising – companies are not allowed to use a visual messages which are shorter than half a.5 of one second.e. quicker than our eyes can see. Neither are they allowed to use subliminal sounds – for example a sound which is below or above the level of human hearing capacity – this is basically as they are seen as manipulative – and rightly so, there have been several studies showing the influence of subliminal adverts.
However subliminal messages are still used in advertising posters quite a lot. These vary from hidden text (commonly the word Sex), or suggestions (again usually suggesting Sex).
Virtually all sectors of industry have used subliminal messages - everyone from from local neighbourhood bars to multinational food and drinks manufacturers - to name a few: coca cola, McDonalds, and KFC. Coca cola is famous for usingimages of naked women hidden cleverly on their bottles - they will do anything to anything to link coca cola and sex in your mind.
George Bush has also heavily used subliminal suggestions throughout his election campaigns, and even Disney are frequent users of subliminals – even in a kids cartoon they include subliminal messages for the same reasons as coca cola do – to add another element to their movies, and give a wider appeal and make their movies more memorable.
There are countless more visual examples of subliminal messages so follow the link to see some more.
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