| Advertising and Popular Culture Contributor(s): Fowles, Jib (Author) |
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ISBN: 0803954832 ISBN-13: 9780803954830 Publisher: Sage Publications OUR PRICE: $122.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1996 Annotation: Is it possible that consumers exploit advertising even more so than advertising exploits and influences our culture? Author Jib Fowles argues that consumers look to advertising to provide them with images that can assist them in negotiating the personal dilemmas of advanced industrial life. Advertising and Popular Culture is the first comprehensive text to provide a balanced analysis of advertising and its companion, the popular culture, conveyed through the mass media. Reflecting current theories, this thoughtful critique uses excerpts from advertising campaigns to illustrate how modern advertising both draws from and contributes to popular culture. Fowles traces the role of advertising in our culture from its evolution as part of the culture of mass consumption in the late 19th century, the development of advertising agencies, and the creation of a consumer culture to an exploration of the major themes of American advertising. Advertising and Popular Culture represents a fresh and fully elaborated conceptualization of the services that advertising and popular culture provide. This text will be a vital tool in departments and schools of advertising, journalism, and communication where increasing emphasis is being placed on studying the cultural significance of advertising. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Advertising & Promotion |
| Dewey: 659.104 |
| LCCN: 95-41754 |
| Series: Feminist Perspective on Communication |
| Physical Information: 0.79" H x 5.58" W x 8.46" (0.87 lbs) 296 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Advertising has permeated our popular culture as much as any other aspect of the media. This comprehensive text provides a balanced analysis of advertising - as a business practice and as a creator of symbolic environments. The critique reflects current theories on advertising by illustrating how it both draws from and contributes to popular culture, and uses specific excerpts from advertising campaigns to illustrate this point. The book traces the role of advertising in our culture from its evolution as part of the culture of mass consumption in the late 19th century, the development of advertising agencies and the creation of a consumer culture to an exploration of the major themes of American advertising. The author also provides a criti |