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In this highly anticipated sequel to his groundbreaking, ADVERTISING AND THE END OF THE WORLD, media scholar Sut Jhally explores the devastating personal and environmental fallout from advertising, commercial culture, and rampant American consumerism. Ranging from the emergence of the modern advertising industry in the early 20th century to the full-scale commercialization of the culture today, Jhally identifies one consistent message running throughout all of advertising: the idea that corporate brands and consumer goods are the keys to human happiness. He then shows how this powerful narrative, backed by billions of dollars a year and propagated by the best creative minds, has blinded us to the catastrophic costs of ever-accelerating rates of consumption.
Sut Jhally
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Sut Jhally
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Sut Jhally
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Sut Jhally
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Never a Backward Step
Pitch People
The Take
Larger than Life: Reign of the Boybands
Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley
Let's Make Money
Roger & Me
I.O.U.S.A.
Finding the Money
The Yes Men
In Search of Tomorrow
Trekkies
Fanalysis
Marcel Duchamp: The Art of the Possible
X-Rated: The Ads They Couldn't Show
The Perfect Selfie
Teatro em Jampa Vive
The Choice - The Risks of Web Democracy
Joanne
A Short Film for Laos
One Direction: This Is Us
My Mom Jayne
John Candy: I Like Me
The Corporation
Night Will Fall
A Plastic Ocean
Supersonic
The Class of ‘92
Marvel's Behind the Mask
Girl Rising
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Marvel: 75 Years, from Pulp to Pop!
The Velvet Underground
Harmontown
Generation Wealth
Downloaded
Fuck
Seduced and Abandoned
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Mar 20, 2018
Source: https://www.mediaed.org/advertising-at-the-edge/
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