Charles R. Acland

Swift Viewing: The Popular Life of Subliminal Influence

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Produktbeschreibung

A cultural and historical analysis of the interest in subliminal messages in media, seen as a form of vernacular critique.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: Januar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 159mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 455g
• ISBN-13: 9780822349198
• ISBN-10: 0822349191
• Artikelnr.: 33875008

Autorenporträt

Charles R. Acland

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments xi
List of Illustrations xiii
Prologue: Black Magic on Mars 1
1. Subliminal Communication as Vernacular Media Critique 13
2. Mind, Media, and Remote Control 43
3. The Swift View 65
4. Mind-Probing Ad-Men 91
5. Crossing the Popular Threshold 111
6. The Hidden and the Overload 133
7. From Mass Brainwashing to Rapid Mass Learning 165
8. Textual Strategies for Media Saturation 193
9. Critical Reasoning in a Cluttered Age 227
Notes 239
Bibliography 267
Index 291