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Art in the Attention Economy

by AX Mina December 4, 2022December 5, 2022

If there is an object you have ever desired in your life, rest assured that someone in the advertising industry made money convincing you of exactly that.

Posted inNews

Cheeky Ad Campaign Protests Airlines’ Role in Climate Change

by Sarah Rose Sharp September 26, 2022September 26, 2022

Some 500 satirical guerilla billboard ads posted across Europe featured texts such as “#SayYesToTheEndOfTheWorld” and “Low Fares to Plastic island.”

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How Softcore Porn Penetrated Mainstream Media

Avatar photo by Dan Schindel August 23, 2022August 23, 2022

The exhibition Porno Chic to Sex Positivity at the Museum of Sex traces how once-verboten depictions of sex became gradually acceptable in pop culture.

Posted inFilm

From Catchy Commercials to Hollywood Think Tanks, the Evolution of Military Recruitment Ads

Avatar photo by Nadine Smith November 2, 2021November 2, 2021

As long as wars have been fought, wars have needed to be sold. And just like with weapons, the US armed forces have long been on the cutting edge of propaganda.

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Satirical Corporate Website Brands Ecofascism

Avatar photo by Kate Silzer December 12, 2020December 11, 2020

Samuel Marion’s satirical corporate website shows how the far right might leverage environmentalism to justify white supremacist agendas.

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How Early US Propaganda Grew Out of a Society of Illustrators

Avatar photo by DB Dowd October 25, 2020July 1, 2022

If contemporary echoes of fascism have brought the 1930s and ‘40s troublingly to mind, it’s worth recalling that modern propaganda became a global enterprise during the First World War.

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E. McKnight Kauffer, a Commercial Artist With Ideals

Avatar photo by Caitlin Condell and Emily M. Orr October 22, 2020November 5, 2020

For nearly 20 years between the two world wars, E. McKnight Kauffer, an American, was the most celebrated graphic designer in England.

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‘The New Normal’ of Awful COVID-Themed Commercials

Avatar photo by Dan Schindel April 27, 2020December 7, 2020

These days, brands love to pretend to care about us. During a pandemic, that’s gotten really weird.

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Disturbing Ads Warn of Uptick in Domestic Violence During the World Cup

Avatar photo by Zachary Small July 11, 2018

The violence associated with professional sports doesn’t limit itself to the playing field, as a new campaign by the UK’s National Domestic Violence Hotline makes clear in a new series of ads.

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The Long and Toxic History of Exoticism in Tobacco Advertising

Avatar photo by Monica Uszerowicz February 2, 2018

An exhibition at the Wolfsonian-FIU tracks romantic and racist stereotypes of native cultures in European tobacco advertising from the 1880s to the 1940s.

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In Long Overdue but Welcome Step, Britain Will Eliminate Ads that Perpetuate Gender Stereotypes

by Sarah Rose Sharp July 19, 2017July 19, 2017

The Advertising Standards Authority in Great Britain is calling for the creation of new standards when it comes to ads that feature harmful gender stereotypes.

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Pepsi’s Tasteless Protest Commercial Gets Memed

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton April 10, 2017April 12, 2017

Pepsi’s recent and risible “protest” ad has birthed memes that liken it to everything from Tiananmen Square’s “Tank Man” to Dorothea Lange’s “Migrant Mother.”

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