Advertising
Subtitle: opposing viewpoints
By: Laura K. Egendorf, book editor.
Contributors: Egendorf, Laura K., 1973-
Series: Opposing viewpoints; Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Farmington Hills, MI
Language: eng
Number of pages: 205
Subjects: Advertising -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States; Sex in advertising -- United States; Advertising, Political -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-198) and index.
Table of contents: title: Is advertising harmful?; title: Advertising benefits consumers / John Hood; title: Advertising has too great an influence on society / Center for the study of commercialism; title: Advertisements stereotype women and girls / Katherine Toland Frith and Barbara Mueller; title: Advertisements stereotype men / Ivy McClure Stewart and Kate Kennedy; title: Depictions of minorities in advertisements are becoming more positive / Children Now; title: Advertisements rely on distorted depictions of sexuality / Tom Reichert; title: Advertisements provide a valuable public service / Advertising Council; title: Does advertising exploit children?; title: Advertising is harmful to children / Roy F. Fox; title: Advertising is not harmful to children / Elizabeth Austin; title: Advertising in schools gives corporations too much influence / Alex Molnar; title: Advertising in schools can be justified / William C. Bosher Jr. Kate R. Kaminski, and Richard S. Vacca; title: Adolescents are overexposed to alcohol advertising / Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth; title: Alcohol advertising does not target children / Jacob Sullum; title: Should political advertising be reformed?; title: Political advertising is becoming increasingly negative / Janet Hook; title: Negative political advertising is necessary / David Limbaugh; title: Campaign-finance reform will improve political advertising / Trevor Potter; title: Campaign-finance reform violates the first amendment / Robert J. Samuelson; title: Candidates should be given free air time / Paul Taylor; title: Candidates should not be given free air time / Tom Peterson; title: The quality of political advertising needs to be improved / Bill Hillsman; title: Television journalists need to fact-check political advertisements; title: Timothy Karr; title: What is the future of advertising?; title: Advertising is becoming less traditional / Economist; title: Product placement is becoming too ubiquitous / Bonnie Erbe; title: The proliferation of internet spam will require creative solutions / Wendy M. Grossman; title: Advertising is becoming too pervasive / Robert W. McChesney and John Bellamy Foster.