General introduction: Thinking critically about advertising and consumer culture / Joseph Turow and Matthew P. McAllister -- pt. 1: The rise of commercial and consumer culture. Advertising : the magic ...

A few weeks ago in Ljubljana, Slovenia, I stood before a room full of psychotherapists from 27 countries—from Slovenia to Spain, the U.K. to the U.S.—and, in my keynote address, shared an idea I’ve ...

We arrive in this world reaching—small hands stretching skyward, wide eyes scanning—for our people. And for nearly two million years, that reach was met with warmth: a village stepping close, ...

Kids have a lot more money than they used to. They are also exposed to a great deal more advertising, not only in front of the television and computer at home, but even at school, through Channel One.