Surf these sites: Adorno''s Culture Industry -- Excerpts from ''The Dialectic of Enlightenment'' and other essays by Theodor Adorno. "The customer is not king, as the culture industry would have us believe, not its subject but its object." Advertising characters -- Article exploring the claim that advertising represents a modern form of folklore. And now, a turd from our sponsors -- The First Annual Counter-Clio Awards honor the worst that advertising has to offer. From Salon magazine. Breaking up America- the dark side of target marketing -- Article by Joseph Turow explores the role of advertising in the process of social fragmentation. Consumer attitudes towards advertising -- A seven-factor model is applied to measure how consumers perceive advertising. 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. How powerful is advertising? -- A review of Breaking Up America, by Joseph Turow. From the Atlantic Monthly. Little elves and mind control: advertising and its critics -- A critique of the traditional left''s views about 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 . 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 three -- 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! -- Online version of a print publication critiquing media and culture. The Hidden Persuader -- Looking back at Vance Packard''s contribution in educating people about social impact of advertising. Article from Salon. The Media and Communication Studies Site -- Daniel Chandler''s site includes information and links to online articles on visual images and film studies amongst the variety of topics. The name game -- Salon columnist, Ruth Shalit, asks how much a name is worth. Is the perfect name the key to corporate success? Toward a critical theory of advertising -- An analysis of advertising within a critical theory of society which combines historical, sociological, cultural, and political analysis. Up in smoke -- The billboard-liberation movement gathers to celebrate 20 years of ad "improvement." From Salon.
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