What it Says-What it Means

What's the difference between what people, or things created by people,say and what they mean? Why is that difference often so great? This blog about media,the psychology of consumer behaviour, visual communications,and the strange cultural history of advertising will investigate what things say and what they mean and what that says about the strange strange world that is us.

Sunday, October 26, 2008

Engage Kids 6-11- Things I'd like to unknow

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The email newsletter had been sitting in my inbox for a couple of days. The subject: Engage kids 6-11. I had been away. Is that why it had ...
Friday, October 17, 2008

I want my Anarchy with Butter!

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Yesterday in class I was talking about credibility. Who is credible? Who can sell your brand? We also talked about how shock advertising can...
Wednesday, October 15, 2008

There's an elephant in my bed. Don't Vote!

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In 1969 Pierre Trudeau said quite rightly that living next door to the United States was, "like sleeping with an elephant. No matter ho...
Monday, October 13, 2008

We may be lost, but we're making good time!

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An article I read recently talked about obesity, but it wasn ’t just the fact that North Americans are eating themselves into an unhealthy s...

My Love Affair with the TTC and a Man with a Mop

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Something pretty magical happened yesterday. I was on my way to meet a friend to see a movie. The streetcar ride and the short subway ride w...
Friday, October 10, 2008

Follow the leader or follow the follower? Kool-Aid, anyone?

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In the 50's Solomon Asch created an interesting experiment that showed that people would deny what they see and possibly know and confo...
Thursday, October 9, 2008

It's what's Up Front that counts

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In the 50's Ernst Dichter described as appearing like, "the archetypical European shrink" founded the Institute of Motivationa...
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