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Badvertising : polluting our minds and fuelling climate chaos / Andrew Simms and Leo Murray.
Lippincott Library HF5831 .S46 2023
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Simms, Andrew, 1965- author.
- Murray, Leo, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Advertising--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Advertising.
- Advertising--Environmental aspects.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 245 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Las Vegas : Pluto Press, 2023.
- Summary:
- "Advertising is selling us a dream, a lifestyle. It promises us fulfilment and tells us where to buy it - from international flights to a vast array of goods we consume like there is no tomorrow. The truth is, if advertising succeeds in keeping us on our current trajectory, there may not be a tomorrow. In Badvertising, Andrew Simms and Leo Murray raise the alarm on an industry that is making us both unhealthy and unhappy, and that is driving the planet to the precipice of environmental collapse in the process. What is the psychological impact of being barraged by literally thousands of advertisements a day? How does the commercialisation of our public spaces weaken our sense of belonging? How are car manufacturers, airlines and oil companies lobbying to weaken climate action? Examining the devastating impact of advertising on our minds and on the planet, Badvertising also crucially explores what we can do to change things for the better"--Publisher's description.
- Contents:
- Introduction: advertising and the insidious rise of brain pollution
- Badvertising, priming, propaganda and surveillance advertising
- How advertising increases consumption
- How we banned tobacco advertising
- Sports advertising and sponsorship: the great pollution own goal
- How big cat persuaded us to buy big cars
- How airlines took us for a ride
- Why self-regulation isn't working
- A world without advertising.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0745349145
- 9780745349145
- OCLC:
- 1372622819
- Publisher Number:
- 99995912638
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