Critical Commentary (Advertising)

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Up in smoke Up in smoke: The billboard-liberation movement gathers to celebrate 20 years of ad "improvement." From Salon. (Critical Commentary) http://www.salon.com/media/col/poni/1999/05/03/billboards/ Subliminal Advertising Subliminal Advertising: Numerous examples and commentary on a range of subliminal adverts. Analysis is based on the work of Wilson Key. (Critical Commentary) http://www.poleshift.org/sublim/ Eradicating the Stain Eradicating the Stain: What's the difference between advertising and graffitti? (Critical Commentary) http://eserver.org/bs/20/Luna.html Stay Free! Stay Free!: Non-profit magazine examining commercialism and American culture. (Critical Commentary) http://metalab.unc.edu/stayfree/ How does wealth influence the mass media? 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. (Critical Commentary) http://flag.blackened.net/intanark/faq/secD3.html Salon.com: The Name Game Salon.com: The Name Game: Columnist Ruth Shalit questions the brand name creation industry and whether the perfect name is the key to corporate success. (Critical Commentary) http://dir.salon.com/media/col/shal/1999/11/30/naming/index.html?sid=474305 Return of the hidden persuaders - part three Return of the hidden persuaders - part three: Salon Media series looking at the latest gurus on Madison Avenue - semioticians, anthropologists and ego psychologists. (Critical Commentary) http://www.salon.com/media/col/shal/1999/09/29/persuaders3/ The Media and Communication Studies Site The Media and Communication Studies Site: Advertising section forms part of "the definitive site for British media studies." (Critical Commentary) http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/Sections/advert.html Return of the hidden persuaders - part one Return of the hidden persuaders - part one: Salon Media series looking at the latest gurus on Madison Avenue - semioticians, anthropologists and ego psychologists. (Critical Commentary) http://www.salon.com/media/col/shal/1999/09/27/persuaders/ Return of the hidden persuaders - part two Return of the hidden persuaders - part two: Salon Media series looking at the latest gurus on Madison Avenue - semioticians, anthropologists and ego psychologists. (Critical Commentary) http://www.salon.com/media/col/shal/1999/09/28/hypnosis/ How powerful is advertising? How powerful is advertising?: A review of Breaking Up America, by Joseph Turow. From the Atlantic Monthly. (Critical Commentary) http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/97jun/advert.htm The Hidden Persuader The Hidden Persuader: Looking back at Vance Packard's contribution in educating people about social impact of advertising. Article from Salon. (Critical Commentary) http://www.salon.com/media/media961217.html Toward a critical theory of advertising Toward a critical theory of advertising: An analysis of advertising within a critical theory of society which combines historical, sociological, cultural, and political analysis. (Critical Commentary) http://www.uta.edu/huma/illuminations/kell6.htm The Culture Industry: Enlightenment as Mass Deception The Culture Industry: Enlightenment as Mass Deception: A chapter from Adorno and Horkheimer's Dialectic of Enlightenment on the mass-production of culture. (Critical Commentary) http://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/philosophy/works/ge/adorno.htm And now, a turd from our sponsors And now, a turd from our sponsors: The First Annual Counter-Clio Awards honor the worst that advertising has to offer. From Salon magazine. (Critical Commentary) http://www.salon.com/may97/media/media970515.html PopCultures on advertising 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 . (Critical Commentary) http://www.popcultures.com/articles/advertising.htm