It is called many things when journalists, influencers and reviewers aims at making us jump into the shopping trolley
The challenge of (being) sponsored content
Text and drawning by Frits Ahlefeldt
We can only guess at how much of what we read are sponsored content, as part of the whole idea of sponsored content is that we don’t know that it is sponsored
Producers who wants to sell products, memberships, services, courses, insurance and just about anything else have realized that if they wrap it up in articles, reviews and other kinds of what looks like journalism, it is much easier to sell. A good rule of thumb is the classic that “if it is free – you are the product”
But this seems to be a bit outdated because today, more and more, we are still the products, even when we pay for them.
Could it be that the producers have changed focus from selling us stuff… to just selling us?
Drawn Journalism by Frits Ahlefeldt 