The Age of Manipulation: The Con in Confidence, the Sin in SincereIn our request "to be in the know" are we compromising our capacity for unadultered thought? In this startling book, Dr. Wilson Bryan Key exposes the devious and sophisticated strategies that advertisers use in newspapers, magazines and television to manipulate and seduce our thoughts and senses. He explores how the media establishes our "reality" and why, subsequently, Americans are the most manipulated people in the world. This provocative book will forever change the way you view the world around you. |
Contents
The SelfSealing World of Objectivity | 227 |
The Permanently Closed Mind | 249 |
Epilogue | 265 |
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The Age of Manipulation: The Con in Confidence, the Sin in Sincere Wilson Bryan Key Limited preview - 1993 |
The Age of Manipulation: The Con in Confidence, The Sin in Sincere Wilson Bryan Key Limited preview - 1992 |
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References to this book
Social Communication in Advertising: Consumption in the Mediated Marketplace William Leiss,Jackie Botterill No preview available - 2005 |