How is that definition of advertising different from language and symbol?
Would an Icelandic saga be considered an advertisement for murder?
You really have not thought this through.
Would an Icelandic saga be considered an advertisement for murder?
You really have not thought this through.
In fact, the definition is extremely simple: if a company payed you (with money, free product, free trips etc) to say or show something about their product, that is advertising, regardless of what you are saying or of whether you believe it. No more, no less.
Note: some countries extend this to any display or mention of branding, whether payed for or not, at least in broadcast media. So, for example in my country, a TV show has to blur out brands on bottles of water or cars shown, or display an explicit "this is advertising" logo on the screen while the branding is shown.
You imitate the tone of rationality, but you cannot even follow the simple rules of debate.
You need 2 premises to rebut my 1. In logic, we call that a f*kk up.