# advertise (commercial)

show information about a product to others

- Computed level: L8 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: advertising.commercial  ·  Arena: world.place

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [products](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-products.goods), [information](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-information.knowledge), [others](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-others.distinct-entities), [show](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-show.visual)

**Through:** Information about a product is made visible to others, enabling awareness through visual presentation.

**Novel properties:**
- product awareness in others
- directed visibility
- commercial intent

## Examples
- Coca-Cola aired a Super Bowl ad in 2023 promoting zero-sugar drinks to 115 million viewers. *(economics)*
- The 'Got Milk?' campaign ran in California from 1993, using celebrity photos to boost dairy sales. *(institutions)*
- Apple's 1984 TV commercial introduced the Macintosh computer to a national audience during the Super Bowl. *(computing)*

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*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-advertise.commercial.json*  
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