Sex in Advertising: Perspectives on the Erotic Appeal (Routledge Communication Series) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0805841172 ISBN 13: 9780805841176

Publisher: Routledge, 2002

Synopsis

Sex in Advertising: Perspectives on the Erotic Appeal is the first book to thoroughly tackle important issues about sex in advertising. What is it? Does it work? How does it affect individuals and society? Well-respected scholars and popular writers answer these questions as they address the following issues associated with sex in today's advertising environment: gender differences and representation, unintended social effects, subliminal embeds, appeals to the homosexual community, and new media. The book contains a blend of perspectives, including original experimental studies, interpretive and historical analyses, and cultural critiques.

The definitive source on sex in advertising, this book:
*is centralized around a singular theme: Understanding how sex in advertising appeals work and why they are so prevalent;
*includes multiple perspectives to capture the richness of sexual appeals;
*brings together viewpoints from both well-known scholars and writers;
*provides a wealth of ideas and research questions for those interested in the topic; and
*contains discussions of sex in advertising from its roots in the 1700s to online advertising today and beyond.

The book is must reading for advertising and gender researchers, scholars, and students. Anyone interested in mass media, consumer psychology, and popular culture will find this book an essential resource.

About this title

About the Author:

Tom Reichert, Ph.D. (Tuscaloosa, AL), an Advertising Professor at the University of Alabama, had dedicated ten years to studying the prevalence of sex in advertising and its effect on persuasion. He had published on this topic in many scholarly journals, is a contributor to the Encyclopedia of Advertising, and is the lead editor and a contributor to Sex in Advertising: Perspectives on the Erotic Appeal.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0805841172
• ISBN 13: 9780805841176
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 306
• Editor: Reichert Tom, Lambiase Jacqueline