The First Annual Counter-Clio Awards honor the worst that advertising has to offer. From Salon magazine.

What's the difference between advertising and graffitti?

"The main business of the media is to sell audiences to advertisers." Presentation of Chomsky's "Propaganda model" of mass media.

A review of Breaking Up America, by Joseph Turow. From the Atlantic Monthly.

Archive of mostly academic articles on advertising - many dealing with gender issues. Part of the PopCultures site - a.k.a. Sarah Zupko's Cultural Studies Center .

Salon Media series looking at the latest gurus on Madison Avenue - semioticians, anthropologists and ego psychologists.

Salon Media series looking at the latest gurus on Madison Avenue - semioticians, anthropologists and ego psychologists.

Salon Media series looking at the latest gurus on Madison Avenue - semioticians, anthropologists and ego psychologists.

Columnist Ruth Shalit questions the brand name creation industry and whether the perfect name is the key to corporate success.

Non-profit magazine examining commercialism and American culture.

Numerous examples and commentary on a range of subliminal adverts. Analysis is based on the work of Wilson Key.

A chapter from Adorno and Horkheimer's Dialectic of Enlightenment on the mass-production of culture.

Looking back at Vance Packard's contribution in educating people about social impact of advertising. Article from Salon.

Advertising section forms part of "the definitive site for British media studies."

An analysis of advertising within a critical theory of society which combines historical, sociological, cultural, and political analysis.

The billboard-liberation movement gathers to celebrate 20 years of ad "improvement." From Salon.