Article: Hidden Persuaders

Hidden Persuaders

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The idea that there are subtle forces within the advertising industry that try to manipulate consumers subconscious desires in order to sell products emerged in the first decades of the twentieth century. After World War II, debates about legitimate levels of consumer persuasion in advertising returned with a vengeance. In these years, Western societies material wealth and choice of products increased dramatically, which led to ever more advertising being targeted at consumers, especially through the new medium of television. As the Cold War intensified, anxieties spread that governments could use some of the motivational and subliminal ...

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