Shock Advertising: Definition and explanation
Shock Advertising is the types of advertisements are intended to shock people and generate controversies in order to make people remember them. They are mostly designed using disgusting images, profanity and obscenity, religious taboos, vulgarity, sexual references, and impropriety and are often controversial, and disturbing, and may involve daring and provocative and offensive political messages that challenge the public’s simple and conventional understanding of the social norms and order. Many such advertisements went too far over the limit, in their mission to be "edgy" and were rejected or banned completely (26 Incredibly Daring Ads That Were Made To ...