The advertising budget of Korea, 52 thousand billion won, ranks second in Asia following Japan and 8th in the world. Moreover, broadcasting media takes 44% in the media consumption. Although being highly qualified in the world, the creativity is less ...
The advertising budget of Korea, 52 thousand billion won, ranks second in Asia following Japan and 8th in the world. Moreover, broadcasting media takes 44% in the media consumption. Although being highly qualified in the world, the creativity is less qualified, though.
It is no easy to discuss the quality of advertising with objective stance, since the cultural differences surely affect the advertising. Now, our creativity should develop as the scale of advertising budget advances. Most of all, as consumers evolve, companies realize that our brands have to struggle with competitors in the international markets.
These days, consumers are eager for what are simple and stimulate their minds. In fact, they do not understand with their brains but they want to feel with their five senses. Korean advertising industry should aim to take creative approaches through highly artful pursuit, and it is necessary to have the creative counter-thought, paradoxical thinking. In terms of advertising volume, it is problematic for Korea to have showed its unsuccessful performance in reputated international advertising contests. Moreover, multinational advertising agencies have incresingly overruded Korean advertising agencies. With this sense, the current study aims to assure the necessity of improving fundamental structures of Korean advertising and transition of ideation. A step further, it is proposed how to improve the Korean advertising by comparing to advertising works awarded in qualified international contests.