Advertising and consumerism [videorecording]
By: director, David Adkin ; producer, John Spotton.
Contributors: Adkin, David.; Spotton, John.; National Film Board of Canada.
Edition: rev. version
Series: Media & society ; 1
Publisher: National Film Board
Published: 1989
Place of publication: Montreal
Language: eng
Number of pages: 81
Subjects: Mass media -- Influence.; Mass media -- Social aspects.
Notes: FOR CLASSROOM USE ONLY.  A compilation of NFB film and excerpts is presented by an on-camera host. Designed to heighten the viewer's awareness of the "techniques of persuasion" and of the extent to which their personal lives-their tastes, values, expectations and ambitions-are shaped by an environment of commercial messages. Other ramifications of advertising are also explored in the relation between corporate interests and television programming.

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