Saturday, October 25, 2014

Sociological Images

Even if you aren't still developing ideas for Project 2, you will find these articles stimulating. Lisa Wade analyses everything from his-and-hers bibles to interracial twins to shrimp-flavored Pringles.

Sociological Images on The Society Pages

Thursday, October 23, 2014

Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Ads discussed in Mediating Messages

Helpful book in the library

Visual persuasion : the role of images in advertising
by Paul Messaris.
Call Number: HF5822 .M415 1997  
Located: Library North 4
The pictures in television commercials, magazine advertisements and other forms of advertising often convey meanings that cannot be expressed as well, or at all, through words or music. Visual Persuasion is an exploration of the uniquely visual aspects of advertising. Because of the implicit nature of visual argumentation and the relative lack of social accountability which images enjoy in comparison with words, pictures can be used to make advertising claims that would be unacceptable if spelled out verbally. From this starting point, Paul Messaris analyzes a variety of commercial, political and social issue advertisements. He also discusses the role of images in cross-cultural advertising.

Vintage GE Profile Ads

Monday, October 20, 2014

Who's creating all those ads?

Resources for Project 2

Gender stereotypes in Korean Advertising at The Grand Narrative

Advertising and Society Review (this may only be available on campus)
This publication runs articles like "Mad Women?: Marketing in the Age of the Female Economy," "Spirituality that Sells: Religious Imagery in Magazine Advertising," and "Visions of New Men: The Heroic Soldier Narrative in American Advertisements During World War II."

Articles related to your paper

Advertising and Society Review
If you can't see this at home, try on campus.
This publication runs articles like "Mad Women?: Marketing in the Age of the Female Economy," "Spirituality that Sells: Religious Imagery in Magazine Advertising," and "Visions of New Men: The Heroic Soldier Narrative in American Advertisements During World War II."

Thursday, October 16, 2014


Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Herbert Bayer and the Nazis
Bayer later tried to erase this period from his biography, describing it as “my advertising purgatory,” which is now the title of an exhibition devoted to his work at the Bauhaus Archive in Berlin.

Friday, October 10, 2014

Victor Brauner















Was I talking with Katie Welch about the  surrealist who lost one eye? IMHO he did his best work when he lost his depth perception.