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Product placement in TV programs has become increasingly common in the two decades in Taiwan. Although it arouses huge controversies over media credibility and marketing values, up to date, there have been very limited empirical studies focusing on how journalists handling product placement messages, particularly in television news programs in which product placements were usually forbidden in use. Instead of using content that directly promotes the brand, product or service through traditional marketing tactics, product placement journalism focuses on building stories and other informational content that highlights value from a different point of view. The current study examined a unique program genre in Taiwan’s TV news programs, in which product placements are still in use. Based on in-depth interviewing, this study canl shed some light on how we define the boundaries of news and marketing information. Product placements are proven to be quite effective in television news programs. However, the effectiveness is built right on the cost of news credibility and integrity, which is ironically distinguishing product placement and advertising and is believed to be the magic power of product placement in news. Although companies that build trust with the content they produce can maintain their presence as reliable media sources for their audiences. The origins of the ethical problems and their implication for product placement research are explored. |
