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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815470303321

Autore

Schudson Michael

Titolo

Advertising, the uneasy persuasion : its dubious impact on American society / / Michael Schudson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxfordshire, England ; ; New York, : Routledge, c1993

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

0-203-58274-8

1-136-66818-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxiv, 308 p.)

Collana

Routledge Library Editions: Advertising ; ; Volume 6

Disciplina

659.1/042/0973

Soggetti

Advertising - United States - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1993 by Routledge.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. The advertiser's perspective -- 2. What advertising agencies know -- 3. The consumer's information environment -- 4. An anthropology of goods -- 5. Historical roots of consumer culture -- 6. The emergence of new consumer patterns : a case study of the cigarette -- 7. Advertising as capitalist realism -- 8. An evaluation of advertising.

Sommario/riassunto

What does advertising do? Is it the faith of a secular society? If so, why does it inspire so little devotion? Advertising, the Uneasy Persuasion is a clear-eyed account of advertising as both business and social institution. Instead of fuelling the moral indignation surrounding the industry, or feeding fantasies of powerful manipulators, Michael Schudson presents a clear assessment of advertising in its wider sociological and historical framework, persuasively concluding that advertising is not nearly as important, effective, or scientifically founded as either its advocates or its critics imagine.