Swift Viewing - The Popular Life of Subliminal Influence (Paperback)

"Swift Viewing" reveals the secret story of subliminal influence, showing how an obscure concept from experimental psychology came to be a core idea about how our minds work in an age of media clutter. Since the late 1950s, the notion that hidden, imperceptible messages could influence mass behavior has been debated, feared, and ridiculed. Charles R. Acland chronicles the enduring popularity of the dubious claims about subliminal influence, revealing their nineteenth-century origins and exposing their links to twentieth-century educational technology. His expansive history of popular concern about subliminal messages shows how the idea of "hidden persuaders" became a form of vernacular media criticism, one reflecting anxiety about a rapidly expanding media environment. Analyzing works of nonfiction, including Vance Packard's "The Hidden Persuaders," Wilson Bryan Key's "Subliminal Seduction," and Malcolm Gladwell's "Blink"; mind-control tropes in fictional works from George Orwell's novel "1984" to the film "The Matrix"; the "Subliminal Man" skit on "Saturday Night Live"; and allegations of the use subliminal ads in the 2000 presidential campaign, Acland establishes the subliminal as both a product of and a balm for information overload.

General

Imprint:	Duke University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	2012
First published:	2012
Authors:	Charles R. Acland
Dimensions:	235 x 156 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	328
ISBN-13:	978-0-8223-4919-8
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Films, cinema > Film theory & criticism Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Sales & marketing > Advertising
LSN:	0-8223-4919-1
Barcode:	9780822349198

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