Critical Commentary

1. The Media and Communication Studies Site  (site info) Advertising section forms part of "the definitive site for British media studies." http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/Sections/advert.html 2. Salon.com: The Name Game  (site info) Columnist Ruth Shalit questions the brand name creation industry and whether the perfect name is the key to corporate success. http://dir.salon.com/media/col/shal/1999/11/30/nam... 3. Eradicating the Stain  (site info) What's the difference between advertising and graffitti? http://eserver.org/bs/20/Luna.html 4. How does wealth influence the mass media?  (site info) "The main business of the media is to sell audiences to advertisers." Presentation of Chomsky's "Propaganda model" of mass media. http://flag.blackened.net/intanark/faq/secD3.html 5. The Culture Industry: Enlightenment as Mass Deception  (site info) A chapter from Adorno and Horkheimer's Dialectic of Enlightenment on the mass-production of culture. http://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/philosop... 1-5 of 16. Next »