The purpose of my MA thesis is to research outdoor advertisement on city buses of Ljubljana. Public transportation of Ljubljana is managed by LPP (City transport of Ljubljana). Throughout our research we got acquainted with the history of advertising abroad and in Slovenia. We compared outdoor advertisement in Ljubljana, Maribor, Zagreb and Vienna. In the experimental part we did a field survey with 1,200 participants. The participants were divided in six age groups. We analyzed the survey in detail, regarding the participants’ age, gender and the frequency of their bus rides. We wanted to find out how many participants remembered at least one outdoor bus advertisement, and what was their opinion of outdoor advertisement on city buses of Ljubljana in general. Our findings were that participants aged up to 24 years more frequently remembered the advertisement message in accordance with the other age groups. The frequency of the advertisement references decreases with the higher age. Out of eight given facts about outdoor advertisement on city buses of Ljubljana, the participants most frequently agreed with the assertion/claim that outdoor advertisement on city buses of Ljubljana impedes the outside view through the window of the bus. With the help of the photographs, we analyzed the advertisement messages that the participants most frequently mentioned, and we found some common characteristics. With further research we could ascertain how many participants that named the advertisement, had later on decided to buy the advertised product.
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