Wednesday, 17 February 2016

OUGD501 / STUDY TASK 05

Research question:

How does advertising have an impact on the class system?

Which academic sources will you reference?

Packard, V, The Hidden Persuaders 1957
Williamson, J, Decoding Advertisements, 1978
Berger, J (1973). Ways Of Seeing. Penguin Books. p45-64.

What graphic design will you analyse?

Existing publications which are geared towards lower class women.
Examples of these are Chat, That's Life! and Heat.

Essay map:

Introduction - aims of the essay

Introduce general ideologies of marxism and concepts from marxist theorists i.e Marx and Weber

Explore how advertising and marketing implements ideas onto different classes, specifically lower classes

Link this to other theorists such as Packard, David Gauntlett and Adorno 

Conclusion

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