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Home Industry News OOH Does outdoor advertising have more impact in the digital era?

Does outdoor advertising have more impact in the digital era?

 

I lived the first 30 years of my life in the UK, so it is with exasperation and despair I watch from afar as the chaos of Brexit unfolds. But what caught my attention when I heard Brexit mentioned on the radio was that one group of protesters have resorted to outdoor advertising to register their dissatisfaction. Why would they do that?

It is commonly held that social media had a big role to play in rallying Brexiteers before the 2016 referendum so why not continue the battle there? One member of the brilliantly-named group, Led By Donkeys, puts it this way,

"There is something about the digital news cycle where all these kind of untruths and lies just fly past you and you forget about them. We thought if we put them up in the real world, you have to stand there, and look at them and digest them."

Whatever you think of Brexit, the assertion that the digital world is more transient and less real is an interesting one that should give marketers pause for thought. Is there more value to exposure in media that are in the “real world” rather than on a screen?

Based on a neuroscience study done on behalf of the UK’s Royal Mail in conjunction with the Centre for Experimental Consumer Psychology at Bangor University we do know that physical items can generate more impact than virtual. The study concluded,

“The “real” experience that the physical media provides means it’s better at becoming part of memory. It generates more emotion, which should help to develop more positive brand associations. The real experience is also internalized, which means the materials have a more personal effect, and therefore should aid motivation.”

Findings from our CrossMedia studies comparing outdoor directly to the impact of other media are more equivocal. Outdoor typically has good reach, but its average impact per person on awareness and motivation tends to be relatively low in developed markets. Of course, this might be because most clients are focused on digital media rather than outdoor. Where advertisers have focused on outdoor as a lead medium we have found it to be impactful, even with younger, digitally savvy audiences, and there are some great IPA case studies where traditional outdoor was paired with the new on-street medium of social.

However, to focus on one medium in isolation is missing a couple of important points. The first is that all our evidence finds that the biggest impact comes from well-integrated campaigns designed to create synergistic impact across multiple media. The second that without an idea that has the power to resonate and evoke emotions it does not matter which medium you use. The Led By Donkeys campaign clearly does resonate with many and the use of an old school medium adds not just emotional impact but makes it newsworthy as well (newsworthy enough to reach me in the USA).

 

Written by Nigel Hollis, Executive Vice President and Chief Global Analyst, Kantar Millward Brown

  By MediavataarMe News Desk 19 February 2019
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