Dimensi Etis Iklan, Studi Kasus Pada Iklan Sampo Anti Dandruff dan Iklan Belanja Online di Media Televisi

The ethical dimension related to advertising ethics towards advertisements broadcast on television media often violates the rules. The case study of the Pantene advertisement version of "Anti Drandruf Ads" played by Anggun C. Sasmi and the online shop version of the Shopee advertisement with Korean artist Black Pink were criticized by KPI regarding broadcast hours and their effect on children. The perspective of this research is the ethical dimension by Kevin Johnston and Tanya Robertson, with descriptive qualitative research methods interpretive analysis of advertising criticism. The evaluative finding of advertising art criticism in this study is that the morality of advertising ethics by comparing it with other products orally is still considered reasonable but the advertising dimension is negative. In the case of the Shopee advertisement with the Black Pink artist, it contains elements of sexism that should not be consumed by children.

The Legal Aspect of Consumers' Protection from Pop-Up Advertisements in Indonesia

Pop-up advertisements have become prevalent on websites. When users click on the banner, they navigate a separate window; banner and pop-up advertisements contain attractive audio-visual and animated graphics. This intrusive advertising has not explicitly regulated Indonesia's current legislation, including Electronic Transaction and Information Law 11/2008 (ITE Law). Also, it is exempted in the Indonesian Pariwara Ethics, guidelines for advertising ethics and procedure in Indonesia. This study aimed to revisit consumers’ protection toward pop-up advertisements in Indonesia, with two main discussions. First, it discussed online consumers' perceptions of pop-up advertisements and the classification of their responses. Second, it enquired to what extent the legal and ethics protection for online consumers in Indonesia. By using empirical legal research, this study concluded that the ITE Law prohibits anyone from spreading online information with content that violates immorality and gambling, as it often contains in pop-up advertisements. Through the lens of business ethics, pop-up advertisements are new media and they should not be installed in such a way as to interfere with the freedom of internet users, given that pop-up advertisements do not reflect the ethics of honesty, trust, and advice in business. KEYWORDS: Consumers’ Protection, Online Advertisements, Business Ethics.

Fenomena Berkurangnya Misleading Advertising pada Iklan Baris di Surat Kabar (Penegakan Etika Periklanan untuk Perlindungan Konsumen)

Classified ads in newspapers are a form of advertisement widely used by small businesses or individuals who offer goods and services. This study aims to describe and explain the phenomenon of classified advertisements that often occur in newspapers, especially local newspapers, and to identify how far classified advertisements in newspapers follow advertising ethics and legislation so that readers as advertising objects are not misled by the information contained in the advertisements. This type of research is normative-empirical, which uses a qualitative approach. The research examines legislation, regulations that discuss advertising and consumer protection and empirically dig up information in the field about classified ad impressions in newspapers that are considered misleading advertising, and makes observations and digs up information to competent parties with the problem under study. The results showed that some classified advertisements in local newspapers with limited information made the advertisements misleading advertising. Still, there was the fact that there was a significant decrease in the number of classified ads in local newspapers as well as a reduction in the number of misleading advertising that was caused. This phenomenon is caused by 1) the number of classified advertisements as a whole has decreased drastically 2) The awareness of newspaper editors regarding consumer protection for advertisement readers in newspapers has begun to be implemented by accommodating Indonesian Pariwara Ethics, Law No: 8/1999 on Consumer Protection, Law No: 40/1999 concerning PRESS, Law No: 7 1996 concerning Food, and PP No.69 concerning Food Label and Advertising. 3) Much online advertising space, both paid and free, is also the cause of the reduction in misleading advertisements in newspapers today.

Advertising Ethics in the Context of the Print Media Industry

In this research, the authors discuss the mass media from the point of view of economic interest versus corporate social responsibility. The authors prepare a high-quality sociological comparison of the three most important Slovenian print journals from the point of view of articles that contain covert advertisements. The chapter indicates that it is more desirable for the media industries to make a profit than to be a socially responsible company. The results of this research provide insight into covert advertising in Slovenian daily newspapers and show several unique features that characterize an objective picture of a daily newspaper.