Master's Thesis from the year 2005 in the subject Business economics - Marketing, Corporate Communication, CRM, Market Research, Social Media, grade: A (1,0), Hawai'i Pacific University, 80 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: The use and practice of product placement - also referred to as brand placement - has risen dramatically over the last few years. Here, especially the automobile industry is a major player by spending millions of dollars for strategically placing products and brands not only in blockbusters and movies, but increasingly also in various television...