Age of Propaganda: The Everyday Use and Abuse of Persuasion
by Anthony Pratkanis, Elliot Aronson
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Author: Anthony Pratkanis, Elliot AronsonEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2001-03-14
ISBN: 0805074031
Number of pages: 432
Publisher: Holt Paperbacks
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Book Review: An Eye Opener
Summary: 4 Stars
What I like about this book:
- It is great to help people become aware of how the media manipulates our fears, insecurities and prejudices to make us want to buy everything in sight.
- It shows how advertisers take advantage of our being in a rush when shopping and not being used to think about what we're buying.
- It points out how we fall into traps without noticing it, and that it is not enough to know that ads are designed to make us like the products they are selling.
The reason I didn't give it 5 stars is that many of the experiments are too old. Over 10, 20 or 30 years sometimes. I wish there had been more current studies used as examples.
Still, it makes very pleasant, easy, informative, and many times funny reading :-)
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