Advertising Media Planning Introduction Advertising may be defined as a paid for of non-personal exchange of information related to products or thoughts, by a known promoter, by means of the mass media, in an attempt to convince or have an affect on behavior. In other words, advertising is a means of communicating a firm's offer to customers by means of space or time in mass media and to cite H. G. Wells, advertising is "legalized lying". Furthermore, advertising can also be defined as paid communication that is intended or designed to alter the perception and behavior of people. ...