Sign Wars: The Cluttered Landscape of AdvertisingTelevision has become so saturated with commercials that it is difficult at times to tell the different images apart, much less remember or care about them. But, on closer look, television commercials can tell us a great deal about the interplay of market forces, contemporary culture, and corporate politics. This book views contemporary ad culture as an ever-accelerating war of meaning. The authors show how corporate symbols or signs vie for attention-span and market share by appropriating and quickly abandoning diverse elements of culture to differentiate products that may be in themselves virtually indistinguishable. The resulting "sign wars" are both a cause and a consequence of a media culture that is cynical and jaded, but striving for authenticity. Including more than 100 illustrations and numerous examples from recent campaigns, this book provides a critical review of the culture of advertising. It exposes the contradictions that stem from turning culture into a commodity, and illuminates the impact of television commercials on the way we see and understand the world around us. |
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Inhoudsopgave
Advertising in the Age of Accelerated Meaning | 1 |
The Logic of Appropriation | 8 |
Floating Signifiers and the Image Bank | 14 |
4 | 111 |
5 | 141 |
8 | 256 |
Notes | 275 |
295 | |
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Overige edities - Alles weergeven
Sign Wars: The Cluttered Landscape of Advertising Robert Goldman,Stephen Papson Gedeeltelijke weergave - 1996 |
Sign Wars: The Cluttered Landscape of Advertising Robert L. Goldman,Stephen Papson Geen voorbeeld beschikbaar - 1996 |
Sign Wars: The Cluttered Landscape of Advertising Robert L. Goldman,Stephen Papson Geen voorbeeld beschikbaar - 1996 |
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
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