Product Information
A discussion of how modern advertising attempts to control our thoughts and desires in order to make us buy the products it produces. Exploring the use of consumer motivational research and other psychological techniques, including subliminal tactics, this book shows how advertisers secretly manipulate mass desire for consumer goods and products. In addition, Packard also discusses advertising in politics, predicting the way image and personality rapidly came to overshadow real issues in the televised age.Product Identifiers
PublisherIG Publishing
ISBN-139780978843106
eBay Product ID (ePID)91470375
Product Key Features
Book TitleThe Hidden Persuaders
AuthorVance Packard
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2007
Number of Pages200 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height229mm
Item Width152mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorVance Packard
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States