Native advertising 原生广告
Native advertising is a type of advertising, usually online but feasibly elsewhere, that matches the form and function of the platform upon which it appears. In many cases, it manifests as either an article or video, produced by an advertiser with the specific intent to promote a product, while matching the form and style which would otherwise be seen in the work of the platform's editorial staff. The word "native" refers to this coherence of the content with the other media that appears on the platform. Due to its ambiguous delineation from some other forms of marketing, the precise period of inception for native advertising is still debated. This uncertainty is particularly notable in certain instances of embedded marketing, of which modern native advertising can be seen as an evolution. Where instead of embedded marketing's technique of placing the product within the content, in native marketing, the product and content are effectively merged into one entity. Because of this merger of advertising and content, the legal status of native advertising is uncertain, and the Federal Trade Commission held a workshop to better elucidate its contours in 2013.