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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480351403321

Autore

Messaris Paul

Titolo

Visual persuasion [[electronic resource] ] : the role of images in advertising / / Paul Messaris

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, [Calif.] ; ; London, : SAGE, c1997

ISBN

1-4522-3344-6

0-8039-7245-8

1-5063-1588-7

1-4522-6362-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (322 p.)

Disciplina

659.1

Soggetti

Advertising - Psychological aspects

Visual communication

Commercial art

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-288) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: A Theory of Images in Advertising; Part I - Image as Simulated Reality; Chapter 1 - Pictures and Reality; Chapter 2 - Visual Form and Style; Chapter 3 - Can Pictures Bridge Cultures?; Part II - Image as Evidence; Chapter 4 - Visual Truth, Visual Lies; Part III - Image as Implied Selling Proposition; Chapter 5 - Editing and Montage; Chapter 6 - Showing The Unspoken; Epilogue: Ethics of Visual Persuasion; References; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

With 'Visual Persuasion', Paul Messaris explores the uniquely visual aspects of advertising, and the lack of social accountability which images enjoy in contrast to words, spoken or written.