Visual persuasion : the role of images in advertising. Paul Messaris.
Material type: TextPublication details: London : SAGE, 1997.Description: 328p. : illISBN:- 9780803972452 (hbk.) :
- 9780803972469 (pbk.) :
- 0803972466 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 659.1042 MES
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Long Loan | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending | 659.1042 MES (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 205996 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-288) and index.
A theory of images in advertising. Image as simulated reality. Pictures and reality -- Visual form and style -- Can pictures bridge cultures? Image as evidence. Visual truth, visual lies. Image as implied selling proposition. Editing and montage -- Showing the unspoken -- Epilogue : ethics of visual persuasion.
With Visual Persuasion, Paul Messaris explores the uniquely visual aspects of advertising, and the lack of social accountability which images enjoy in contrast to words, spoken or written.