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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2023(VIII-I).22      10.31703/gssr.2023(VIII-I).22      Published : Mar 2023

Imagination, Creativity and Adventurous Advertising: Analysing Pakistani Youngsters

    Imagination involves holding onto an idea until it is transformed into a possibility. By forming an imaginary world full of adventures, advertising creatively plays with viewers' imaginations. Such a material and commercial gain may have dangerous outcomes as well as whatever the audience sees on television, majority considers it truth, correct or believable. After watching flashy advertisements pre-adults are compelled to purchase expensive products as well it affects their imagination and  creativity. Under the umbrella of cultivation theory the study asserts that exposure to adventurous television advertisements is creating adventurism in Pakistani youth, leading to imitation of stunts,frustration and persistence.

    Imagination, Creativity, Adventurous Advertisements, Cultivation, Pre-adults
    (1) Sehreen far Bokhari
    Department of Philosophy, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Madiha Maqsood
    School of Communication Studies, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Basma Khan
    Kinnaird College for Women, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.