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...er Originally Published in 1981 by Praeger Publishers. 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS THE MARKETING OF IDEAS AND SOCIAL ISSUES 1 TABLE OF ... ...BLE OF CONTENTS 3 FOREWORD 6 PREFACE 7 GLOSSARY 9 INTRODUCTION 10 1 THE NATURE OF IDEAS AND SOCIAL ISSUES 12 ORIGINATION, MATURATION AND ADOPTIO... ...cope Broadening" Debate 22 Social Marketing: Two Meanings 23 A BROADENED TYPOLOGY OF PRODUCTS 23 The Typology 24 Implications 27 EXCHANGE TRANSAC... ...romote ideas to influence the attitudes and behavior of target audiences. They use modern channels of communication and distribution to reach their ... ...ribes how ideas and issues can be more effectively disseminated through the use of modern marketing concepts and tools. Marketing ideas goes far b... ... being permanent, unchanging and eternal. (Bryson 1948, p. 30) Thus, long before modern advertising, Plato attached greater importance to ideas tha... ...al health Metric system Military recruiting Minimum wage Motorcycle helmet use Museums Nature conservation New york city Nuclear energy Nudis... ...ered by such institutions as libraries, post offices, YMCAs, chambers of commerce, museums, the Red Cross and so on. Offerings of nonprofit health c... ...on promoting education for Hispanics is called Aspira, Spanish for "aspire," and a museum in San Francisco calls itself The Exploratorium. Criticiz...

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