Brian Young
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Background
Brian Young is a Honorary University Fellow in the School of Psychology, University of Exeter.
- PhD (HK)
- BSc (Edin)
Biographical Information
History
Young has received grants from and produced reports for the Advertising Association, the Charities Aid Foundation and the Independent Television Commission (ITC) the predecessor of Ofcom.
He has produced a report on the role of advertising on children's food choice, funded by the Ministry of Agriculture Farming and Fisheries (MAFF) the predecessor of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). [1]
Young's 1998 report ‘Emulation, Fears and Understanding: a review of recent research on children and television advertising, (March 1998), produced for the ITC, was used by the Advertising Association in June 2008 in support of their submission to the Department for Children, Schools and Families(DCSF) consultation on the impact of the commercial world on childhood. [2]
Current activities
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Affiliations
- Member of the Advertising Education Forum, Academic Network[3]
- Member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Advertising[4]
Publications, Contact, Resources and Notes
Publications
- Young, B.M. (2007). Advertising literacy revisited: fat children and other things. Chapter 8. In Saren, et & al (eds) Critical Marketing: Defining the Field (pp. 113-124). Butterworth-Heinemann.
- Young, B.M. & Ayadi, K. (2006). Community partnerships designed for preventing childhood obesity. Young Consumers 7(4), 35-40.
- Young, B.M. (2005). Children and promotion: the role of advertising and marketing in innovation. Chapter 5. In B.Tufte, J.Rasmussen & L.B.Christensen (eds) Frontrunners or Copycats? (pp. 99-117). Copenhagen: .
- Webley, P., Burgoyne, C.B., Lea, S.E.G. & Young, B.M. (eds) (2001). The Economic Psychology of Everyday Life.Hove: Psychology Press.
Contact
- Address:
Washington Singer Building, Room 004, School of Psychology, Washington Singer Laboratories, Perry Road, Exeter, EX4 4QG
- Phone:0044 (0) 1392 264626
- Email:B.M.Young@exeter.ac.uk
- Website:
Resources
Notes
- ↑ Advertising Education Forum Brian Young , accessed January 12 2009.
- ↑ Advertising Association Contribution by the AA TO DCSF Assessment on the impact of the commercial world on childhood, accessed January 12 2009.
- ↑ Advertising Education Forum AEF Academic Network (AAN), accessed 1 August 2007.
- ↑ International Journal of Advertising Editorial Board, accessed January 12 2009.
