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The First Annual Counter-Clio Awards honor the worst that advertising has to offer. From Salon magazine.
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What's the difference between advertising and graffitti?
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"The main business of the media is to sell audiences to advertisers." Presentation of Chomsky's "Propaganda model" of mass media.
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A review of Breaking Up America, by Joseph Turow. From the Atlantic Monthly.
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Salon Media series looking at the latest gurus on Madison Avenue - semioticians, anthropologists and ego psychologists.
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Salon Media series looking at the latest gurus on Madison Avenue - semioticians, anthropologists and ego psychologists.
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Salon Media series looking at the latest gurus on Madison Avenue - semioticians, anthropologists and ego psychologists.
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Non-profit magazine examining commercialism and American culture.
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Numerous examples and commentary on a range of subliminal adverts. Analysis is based on the work of Wilson Key.
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A chapter from Adorno and Horkheimer's Dialectic of Enlightenment. Considers the role of media and advertising in maintaining the capitalist status quo.
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Looking back at Vance Packard's contribution in educating people about social impact of advertising. Article from Salon.
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Advertising section forms part of "the definitive site for British media studies."
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An analysis of advertising within a critical theory of society which combines historical, sociological, cultural, and political analysis.
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The billboard-liberation movement gathers to celebrate 20 years of ad "improvement." From Salon.