TY - BOOK AU - Bhattacharjee,Anuradha TI - Multiculturalism and advertising: Indian and European enterprises under globalization SN - 9780199453566 (hbk.) : U1 - 659.1 23 PY - 2017/// CY - New Delhi PB - Oxford University Press KW - Advertising KW - Europe KW - India KW - Multiculturalism in advertising KW - Economic aspects KW - Globalization KW - Business and Management KW - eflch KW - ukslc N1 - Specialized N2 - Few expressions of globalization are as visible, widespread, and pervasive as the worldwide proliferation of internationally traded consumer goods. Advertising is not only a useful index to measure globalization, but also a catalyst to increasing interconnections between economies and cultures. This book presents a comparative analysis of intercultural advertising through an empirical study of advertisements in two geographically diverse commercial regions - Europe and India. Showing that there has been a significant increase in multicultural images, symbols, and texts in advertisements across consumer goods - for the elite as well as less elite - this book argues that there is a growing congruence of values among different cultures. It suggests that in spite of our differences, we are moving, at least in the corporate world, towards a larger unity that is shaping the world ER -