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Winner of London advertising campaign announced following IOE research on the city鈥檚 adverts

28 January 2019

City Hall and Transport for London (TfL) have announced the winner of the 鈥榃omen We See鈥 campaign that was launched following 最准的六合彩论坛 Institute of Education (IOE) research that found a significant proportion of Londoners feel ignored and unrepresented by the city鈥檚 adverts.

Me.No.Pause advert at Canary Wharf

Holland & Barrett鈥檚 鈥楳e.No.Pause鈥 campaign won the competition which was designed to make advertising in London more representative of the capital.听

IOE research had previously found that fewer than one in three Londoners feel that adverts in the city are relevant to them

The research, conducted by IOE academic Professor Jessica Ringrose and Dr Kaitlyn Regehr (University of Kent), found that less than half (48%) of Londoners felt that advertisements adequately reflected the diversity of the city, although three in four (75%) respondents thought that advertisements in London should reflect the diversity of the city鈥檚 population.听

The majority (71%) of black Londoners felt that they were not well represented and 61% of British Asians felt there was an under-representation of Asian communities.

Just 18% of participants could recall ever seeing an advert featuring a disabled person, and the majority of men and women said they did not see enough images of disabled people. Those surveyed from the LGBTQ+ community also felt excluded, with just one in three feeling their sexual orientation was well represented.听

鈥楽exualisation of women鈥 was the top answer given as to why respondents disliked adverts, with 68% of Londoners saying that women are often shown in revealing clothes when it鈥檚 not relevant. Those that felt least represented were women over the age of 55, with 55% of women over 55 saying that they felt 鈥榝airly badly鈥 or 鈥榲ery badly鈥 represented. Less than one in four respondents could recall seeing an advert featuring someone with wrinkles.听

Linda (65), a participant in the report, said:

鈥淒o we judge men by their faces? 听When men get grey that鈥檚 debonair, that鈥檚 sexy, look at George Clooney, he鈥檚 grey now but he鈥檚 still sexy. 听You know, but if his wife decided to go grey? 听It鈥檚 very sad isn鈥檛 it [鈥 for me when you get to a certain age you become invisible.鈥

鈥楳e.No.Pause鈥 was commended by the judging panel for its positive presentation of women going through the menopause and commitment to reflecting the diversity of women in London. The campaign has been awarded with 拢500,000-worth of prominent advertising space across the TfL network as a prize.

Professor Ringrose said: 鈥淲e are thrilled that the winner has responded directly to our research findings and showcased a wider diversity of women and age. In our study, we found that the rich diversity of London was one of the participant鈥檚 favourite aspect of the city, but Londoners wanted advertisements to feature diverse, representations of age, but also race, culture, religion, sexuality, ability, size and shape. For instance, the fact that 51% of women felt their body shape was not represented and 50% of women said we see too many slim people in London advertising presents an enormous challenge.鈥澨

Dr听Kaitlyn Regehr said: 鈥淲e remain hopeful that creatives, brands and advertisers will continue to respond to our important findings and to press for further changes in London鈥檚 advertising.鈥

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E: rowan.walker@ucl.ac.uk

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