Published on in Vol 25 (2023)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/40616, first published .
Critical Test of the Beneficial Consequences of Lifting the Ban on Direct-to-Consumer Advertising for Prescription Drugs in Italy: Experimental Exposure and Questionnaire Study

Critical Test of the Beneficial Consequences of Lifting the Ban on Direct-to-Consumer Advertising for Prescription Drugs in Italy: Experimental Exposure and Questionnaire Study

Critical Test of the Beneficial Consequences of Lifting the Ban on Direct-to-Consumer Advertising for Prescription Drugs in Italy: Experimental Exposure and Questionnaire Study

Peter Johannes Schulz   1, 2, 3 , MA, PhD ;   Francesca Crosignani   1 , MSc ;   Serena Petrocchi   4 , MSc, PhD

1 Faculty of Communication, Culture and Society, Università della Svizzera italiana, Lugano, Switzerland

2 Department of Communication & Media, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

3 Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information & Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore

4 Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, Università della Svizzera italiana, Lugano, Switzerland

Corresponding Author:

  • Peter Johannes Schulz, MA, PhD
  • Faculty of Communication, Culture and Society
  • Università della Svizzera italiana
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  • Email: peter.schulz@usi.ch