Essentials of advertising /
Robert Cluley
- London : Kogan Page, c2017.
- x, 226 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes index.
About the author -- Acknowledgements -- About this book -- The essentials of advertising: what are advert -- Big questions : advertising, communication, rhetoric and persuasion -- Art or science : what do legendary advertisers think about advertising? -- Work, agencies and contexts : organizational perspectives on advertising -- Information and value : the economics of advertising -- The hierarchy of effects : the psychology of advertising -- The society of the spectacle : the sociology of advertising -- The magic system : cultural studies of advertising -- T he medium is the message : media studies and advertising -- The distorted mirror : advertising and ethics -- Where next? the new essentials of advertising 2 -- Index.
A meticulously researched textbook designed to help students of advertising navigate their way through the field, offering a detailed overview of its impact on society, culture, and business practices, and its perception by a range of research traditions.