Thursday, November 11, 2004

Advertising Immunity? An article speaking to the ubiquity of advertising, and its role in the ensuing fragmentation of American (not to mention world) society...from Wired listed on Arts Journal. Stop Trying to Persuade Us by Jason Silverman "Advertising is everywhere; it's hard to escape. "Advertisers will spend hundreds of billions of dollars trying to reach consumers this year. The result? Advertising clutter. Researchers guesstimate the average American is exposed to hundreds, or even thousands, of ads each day. But marketers may be losing ground. We've been sprayed so much that we've begun developing immunities." Wired 11/09/04 6:31:31 AM    comment []

Wednesday, November 10, 2004

Pop Matters This is my problem...I'm looking for copy of Calvin Seerveld's out of print book Rainbows for a Fallen World, and next thing I know, there's an interview, there's a blog, there's a web site, and look at that, a pretty hip site tracking all things pop culture. 6:18:39 PM    comment []

Tuesday, November 9, 2004

PopCult Magazine Cool web site put together by a guy who can't find a journalistic magazine examining pop culture just how he'd like, so he did it himself online. PopCult Magazine is intelligent, cool, and just plain fun. Great lists of stuff on the bottom end of quality--calls it "The Bottom Five." Just the titles of the sections are cool: odd glimpses, obsessions, passing fancies, critical mass, and material whirl, and the FAQ section simply called, "huh?" Definitely a site I'll be referencing in the pop culture section of my faith and arts class this January. Worth checking out... 12:45:10 AM    comment []

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