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issue advertising

 
 
noun [U] (also advocacy advertising)

Definition

MARKETING advertisements to persuade people to change their opinions or behaviour rather than to sell them something: Critics fear that issue advertising will shift the focus from problems voters want to discuss to those of concern to special interests.
(Definition of issue advertising noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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