Previous research on corrective advertising has generally involved a forced exposure in a laboratory setting using student subjects. Treatment and criterion variables have also usually been developed by the researcher independent of the real interests of regulators. The current research is a national field study of the STP corrective advertising campaign, as it was actually undertaken by the Federal Trade Commission.
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