Ads, Fads & Consumer Culture, 6th edition
This book explains how advertising works by employing a psycho-cultural approach, encouraging readers to think about advertisements and commercials in more analytical and profound ways. Among the topics covered are the role of brands, the problem of self-alienation, and how both relate to consumption. Author Arthur Asa Berger also considers the Values and Lifestyle (VALS) and Claritas typologies in marketing. Distinctive chapters examine specific advertisements and commercials from multiple perspectives, including semiotic, psychoanalytic, sociological, Marxist, mythic, and feminist analysis.
HF 5823 .B438 2021 Print