false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170357103m/49010.jpg 49010 2 <BLOCK><P>"When was the last time you felt this comfortable in a relationship?"<P> <P>-- An ad for sneakers<P>"You can love it without getting your heart broken." <P>-- An ad for a car<P> "Until I find a real man, I'll settle for a real smoke." <P>-- A woman in a cigarette ad<P></BLOCK><P>Many advertisements these days make us feel as if we have an intimate, even passionate relationship with a product. But as Jean Kilbourne points out in this fascinating and shocking exposé, the dreamlike promise of advertising always leaves us hungry for more. We can never be satisfied, because the products we love cannot love us back.<P>Drawing upon her knowledge of psychology, media, and women's issues, Kilbourne offers nothing less than a new understanding of a ubiquitous phenomenon in our culture. The average American is exposed to over 3,000 advertisements a day and watches three years' worth of television ads over the course of a lifetime. Kilbourne paints a gripping portrait of how this barrage of advertising drastically affects young people, especially girls, by offering false promises of rebellion, connection, and control. She also offers a surprising analysis of the way advertising creates and then feeds an addictive mentality that often continues throughout adulthood. <P> 47947 2 11 2000 Can't Buy My Love: How Advertising Changes the Way We Think and Feel total:189|5:67|4:78|3:37|2:7|1:0| 189 772 327 39 3 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 07:26:47 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 10:13:06 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 5 0 false true Mon Mar 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 24 23:31:28 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 24 23:38:09 -0700 2008
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The book points out that in the advertising world, every emotional problem is solved by a product, and this perspective bleeds into real life.

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