NBC admits using “behavior placement” on popular shows

The Week
April 12, 2010

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First there was product placement. Now there’s “behavior placement,” the planting of subtle messages in popular TV shows to encourage certain viewer behavior — such as healthy eating or eco-conscious habits — and thereby convince sponsors that their brands will be associated with “feel-good, socially aware” shows. NBC has owned up to the practice, reports The Wall Street Journal, as part of its Green Initiative: If “Tina Fey is tossing a plastic bottle into the recycling bin,” the theory goes, audience members will be more apt to do the same. Innocuous or “Orwellian”?

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This article was posted: Monday, April 12, 2010 at 3:48 pm

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