TY - JOUR TI - “Miraculous Formula”: Revealing Deep-Seated Feelings of Vulnerable Consumers Raised By Infant Formula Commercials AB - The objective of the study is to unveil how infant formula ads affect and are perceived by vulnerable consumers on infant feeding. Three consecutive studies employing semiotics, ideological criticism, content analysis and semi-structured interviews were employed to analyze the ads and the perception of mothers as consumers vulnerable to subliminal messages of the ads. The findings revealed that education affects the perceptions and behaviors of mothers (highversus low education). Interestingly, income has a substitutional effectfor education as mothers with low education but mid-level incomedisplay similar attitudes to mothers with high education and mid-levelincome. The study reveals the negative effect of the unethical conductof advertising on mothers with low education and low income levelsas a vulnerable consumer group. AU - Öztürk, Bilge Nur AU - KIYMALIOĞLU, ASLIHAN PY - 2018 JO - Tüketici ve Tüketim Araştırmaları Dergisi VL - 10 IS - 2 SN - 1309-6362 SP - 219 EP - 264 DB - TRDizin UR - http://search/yayin/detay/303645 ER -