A Shoe Company Uses Ads Featuring the Members of a Country

question 37

Multiple Choice

A shoe company uses ads featuring the members of a country music band with the hope that the band's fans will see them wearing the company's shoes and want to wear the same shoes. The shoe company is hoping that fans of the band view the band as a ________.

• A) social class
• B) reference group
• C) status symbol
• D) subculture
• E) lifestyle

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