Rang-Tan, Iceland and Greenpeace: How a cartoon orangutan opened up the debate on the politics of charity advertising

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Period16 Nov 2018

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  • TitleRang-Tan, Iceland and Greenpeace: How a cartoon orangutan opened up the debate on the politics of charity advertising
    Media name/outletCambridge Core Business and Human Rights blog
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date16/11/2018
    DescriptionThis blog piece in a reaction to and analysis of the decision by the pre-clearance company owned by the major UK broadcasters, Clearcast, to refuse clearance to air the Christmas campaign belonging to Iceland: the Rang-Tan short film originally produced by Greenpeace. This article unpacks the complex process to which companies and NGOs must submit before their advertisements can be broadcast in the UK. The analysis concludes that advertising regulations ought to be amended to allow for broader scope for charity advertising and allow non-profits to have a more political objective.
    URLblog.journals.cambridge.org/2018/11/16/rang-tan-iceland-and-greenpeace-how-a-cartoon-orangutan-opened-up-the-debate-on-the-politics-of-charity-advertising/
    PersonsClare Patton, Ciara Hackett, Ciarán O'Kelly