Swift Viewing
Author | : Charles R. Acland |
Publisher | : Duke University Press |
Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 2012-01-02 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780822349198 |
ISBN-13 | : 0822349191 |
Rating | : 4/5 (98 Downloads) |
Download or read book Swift Viewing written by Charles R. Acland and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2012-01-02 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acland looks back at the strange history of subliminal seduction: a theory first propagated in the late 1950s by marketing researcher James Vicary, who claimed that movie audiences bought more refreshments if advertising messages too quick to be noticed were inserted into movies. The study was soon proven false, but that hasnt kept the concept from having a long afterlife in the popular imagination.