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Topia!: Society: Issues: Business: Advertising: Critical Commentary (17)
PopCultures on advertising - Archive of mostly academic articles on advertising - many dealing with gender issues. Part of the PopCultures site - a.k.a. Sarah Zupko's Cultural Studies Center . Toward a critical theory of advertising - An analysis of advertising within a critical theory of society which combines historical, sociological, cultural, and political analysis. Return of the hidden persuaders - part one - Salon Media series looking at the latest gurus on Madison Avenue - semioticians, anthropologists and ego psychologists. Return of the hidden persuaders - part two - Salon Media series looking at the latest gurus on Madison Avenue - semioticians, anthropologists and ego psychologists. Stay Free! - Non-profit magazine examining commercialism and American culture. The Hidden Persuader - Looking back at Vance Packard's contribution in educating people about social impact of advertising. Article from Salon. The name game - Salon columnist, Ruth Shalit, asks how much a name is worth. Is the perfect name the key to corporate success? And now, a turd from our sponsors - The First Annual Counter-Clio Awards honor the worst that advertising has to offer. From Salon magazine. How powerful is advertising? - A review of Breaking Up America, by Joseph Turow. From the Atlantic Monthly. How does wealth influence the mass media? - "The main business of the media is to sell audiences to advertisers." Presentation of Chomsky's "Propaganda model" of mass media. Up in smoke - The billboard-liberation movement gathers to celebrate 20 years of ad "improvement." From Salon. Eradicating the Stain - What's the difference between advertising and graffitti? The Media and Communication Studies Site - Advertising section forms part of "the definitive site for British media studies." Subliminal Advertising - Numerous examples and commentary on a range of subliminal adverts. Analysis is based on the work of Wilson Key. Jim Hagart's Subliminal World - Extensive analysis and commentary on subliminal and manipulative advertising. Offers numerous examples of classical and contemporary ads. The Culture Industry: Enlightenment as Mass Deception - A chapter from Adorno and Horkheimer's Dialectic of Enlightenment on the mass-production of culture.
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