1st Edition

Advertising Critical Approaches

By Chris Wharton Copyright 2015
240 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

240 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

240 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Advertising: Critical Approaches explores a broad range of critical theories and perspectives to shed new light on the organisation, workings and effects of the advertising industry today. Chris Wharton presents the social, cultural and economic role of advertising across history, with chapters tracking the process of advertising from production to reception. Split into three sections... Read more

Introduction  Part 1: Foundations  1. The nature of advertising history  2. Historical outline  3. Market society and its critics  4. Political economy approaches to advertising Jonathan Hardy  5. Cultural and critical approaches  Part 2: Frameworks  6. Advertising framework and encoding  7. Texts  8. Reception  Part 3: Applications  9. Advertising in the home  10. Outdoor advertising  11. Sound and vision  12. Consumer culture

Biography

Chris Wharton is Senior Lecturer in advertising and culture in the Faculty of Art, Design and Social Sciences at Northumbria University, UK.