Though advertising’s raison d’être is persuasion, it is much more than this propaganda model implies. Advertising, as Raymond Williams (1962/2009) famously instructed, is a “magic system” that finances our news, television, radio, and more. As such it is deeply intertwined with culture, of which gender is a core component. It is magic in that it imparts a great deal of meaning and values to material goods and services that purport to offer a satisfying life to “consumers,” an objectionable term for Williams who sees people as so much more than that term implies. A white dress is not just something a woman wears when she gets married, but something that transforms her into a princess or a celebrity. A motorcycle turns workers into iconoclasts and “real men,” while a pair of sunglasses, jeans, or a leather jacket allows the school nerd to be the stud. While these promises are certainly enticing, for Williams the magic of advertising “obscures the real sources of general satisfaction” in a society, “because their55P. ARENDdiscovery would involve radical change in the whole common way of life” (p. 734). The fleeting satisfaction connected to the latest handbag or cell phone stands in for control of the means of production in society and one’s work role within it, for creativity, time for important relationships, connections to nature and more.
Though advertising’s raison d’être is persuasion, it is much more than this propaganda model implies. Advertising, as Raymond Williams (1962/2009) famously instructed, is a “magic system” that finances our news, television, radio, and more. As such it is deeply intertwined with culture, of which gender is a core component. It is magic in that it imparts a great deal of meaning and values to material goods and services that purport to offer a satisfying life to “consumers,” an objectionable term for Williams who sees people as so much more than that term implies. A white dress is not just something a woman wears when she gets married, but something that transforms her into a princess or a celebrity. A motorcycle turns workers into iconoclasts and “real men,” while a pair of sunglasses, jeans, or a leather jacket allows the school nerd to be the stud. While these promises are certainly enticing, for Williams the magic of advertising “obscures the real sources of general satisfaction” in a society, “because their<br>55<br>P. AREND<br>discovery would involve radical change in the whole common way of life” (p. 734). The fleeting satisfaction connected to the latest handbag or cell phone stands in for control of the means of production in society and one’s work role within it, for creativity, time for important relationships, connections to nature and more.
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Though advertising’s raison d’être is persuasion, it is much more than this propaganda model implies. Advertising, as Raymond Williams (1962/2009) famously instructed, is a “magic system” that finances our news, television, radio, and more. As such it is deeply intertwined with culture, of which gender is a core component. It is magic in that it imparts a great deal of meaning and values to material goods and services that purport to offer a satisfying life to “consumers,” an objectionable term for Williams who sees people as so much more than that term implies. A white dress is not just something a woman wears when she gets married, but something that transforms her into a princess or a celebrity. A motorcycle turns workers into iconoclasts and “real men,” while a pair of sunglasses, jeans, or a leather jacket allows the school nerd to be the stud. While these promises are certainly enticing, for Williams the magic of advertising “obscures the real sources of general satisfaction” in a society, “because their<br>55<br>P. AREND<br>discovery would involve radical change in the whole common way of life” (p. 734). The fleeting satisfaction connected to the latest handbag or cell phone stands in for control of the means of production in society and one’s work role within it, for creativity, time for important relationships, connections to nature and more.
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