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Media Analyst John Carroll's Top Five Ads of 2014

NPR

Published December 22, 2014 at 1:50 PM EST

Actor, singer Justin Timberlake is just one of dozens of celebrities who completed the Ice Bucket Challenge for ALS this year. (YouTube)

In the United States, roughly $180 billion was spend on advertising this past year.

Here & Now media analyst John Carroll, a professor of mass communications at Boston University, shares a few of his favorite ad campaigns, which encompass both television and web advertising.

John Carroll’s Favorite Ads

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John Carroll, professor of mass communications at Boston University. He tweets @johncarroll_bu.