How advertising works. The evolution of advertising ; The psychology of advertising: We're all apes ; Advertising: the ultimate dog whisperer ; Image is everything: Why the ad man prefers pictures ; Truth in advertising case study: Baby videos (Or, human's capacity for believing the unbelievable) ; Brand magic

How consumer culture shapes people. Your ad here: as advertisers race to cover every available surface, are they making us insance? ; A slow-creeping brain death: Is consumer culture rotting our minds? ; Language skills then and now ; I'm with the brand: The consumer as fan ; Disneyaniacs! an interview with the Little Mermaid's biggest fan ; Regarding media violence: Why do we have such a tough time believing that people imitate what they watch? ; The media made them do it ; The media made me do it

Consumer culture and society. Shopping for cancer: Why economists love bellyaches, bedbugs, and broken homes / by Jonathan Rowe ; L.A. Law: How Hollywood is shaping our legal system / by Julie Scelfo ; How do kids read commercials? / by Roy Fox ; On advertising: Sut Jhally versus James Twitchell ; Did somebody say "Community"? / by Leslie Savan ; A vehicle for comparison: The Volkswagen as a measure of all things / by Chris Boznos

Behind the scenes. My very special trip to the Nike Store / by David Cross ; How to tell you're a details reader (and other secrets of magazine advertising) ; I'm dreaming of a White National Cheese Day / by Alan Benson ; Shopping spies: Why is that man staring at me? ; Coca-Cola and the case of the disappearing water glass

Down the memory hole. Grave revisionism: Advertising resurrects the dead ; Subliminal seduction: How did the uproad over subliminal manipulation affect the ad industry? ; The idiot consumer: Advertisers once described typical consumers as barnyard animals and morons; But then they got "savvy" ; Everything I learned about life I learned from medical marketing ; Corporate mascots, then and now

Adventures in Medialand. Buyer beware: How do supermarket shoppers react when you place foreign objects in their baskets? / by Gaylord Fields ; True gentleman urinates on dumpster: Jason Torchinsky tours the Playboy Mansion ; Letter to the Creative Pretzel Eaters Club / by Damian Chadwick ; Anal-yzing car consumption / by Kembrew McLeod ; Prankster Sir Jon Hargrave speaks ; MeBay! eBay for fun and profit / by Joe Garden ; Drive-thru entertainment

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