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	Vance Packard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Vance Packard's book The Hidden Persuaders, about media manipulation in the 1950s was a forerunner of pop sociology: science-based thinking without the weight of detail or eloquence, geared for sale to the mass market.
		His million-selling book The Hidden Persuaders, about media manipulation of the populace in the 1950s was a forerunner of pop sociology: science-based thinking without the weight of detail or eloquence, geared for sale to the mass market.
		In The Hidden Persuaders, first published in 1957 (ISBN 0671531492), Packard explores the use of consumer motivational research and other psychological techniques, including depth psychology and subliminal tactics, by advertisers to manipulate expectations and induce desire for products, particularly in the American postwar era.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Hidden_Persuaders (805 words)

	hidden persuaders
		"Technically these hidden persuaders can be described as ‘statistical artifacts and inferential biases’ (Dean and Kelly 2003: 180)." Dean and Kelly argue that hidden persuaders explain why many astrologers continue to believe in the validity of astrology despite overwhelming evidence that astrology is bunk.
		Many skeptics have noted that the hidden persuaders sometimes seem to affect people in proportion to their intelligence: the smarter one is the easier it is to develop false beliefs.
		Hidden Persuaders (1957) is also the title of a book by Vance Packard.
	skepdic.com /hiddenpersuaders.html (727 words)

	Persuaders (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Many skeptics have noted that the hidden persuaders sometimes seem to affect people in proportion to their...
		Courageous Persuaders is a program in which high school students create commercials that address the problem of under age drinking...
		The Persuaders was produced in England and broadcast in the U.S. on ABC Saturday nights for one season (71...
	avengerspam.mibsavengers.com /persuaderscji (742 words)

	HIDDEN PERSUADERS, Time Out, June 22 - 29 1994
		The case was settled out of court in 1988 with no admission of liability from the corporation.
		In order to benefit from the book, tape and seminar profits - the hidden business within the Amway business - you first have to reach at least the direct level and above, something that only a tiny proportion of all those who join Amway actually achieve.
		All he did was sit at the end of the bed and talk about how great it was going to be".
	www.skepdic.com /timeout.html (2243 words)

	Hidden Persuaders Review by Patrick Chapman
		In "Hidden Persuaders," the cast have truly settled into their roles.
		The script of "Hidden Persuaders" is perhaps the most intricate of the series so far, with humour to the fore, and the political machinations of Uvanov in the background.
		And in the end of "Hidden Persuaders," the situation is resolved in surprising ways.
	www.kaldorcity.com /reviews/hpreview2.html (860 words)

	Never to Return, Chapter 7: "Hidden Persuaders"
		I read a book called The Hidden Persuaders, which postulated and documented the use of subconscious, subliminal manipulation by the advertising industry.
		But if you looked closely, it was obvious that one of the woman's arms could not possibly have been coming from where her body was.
		These hidden images were intended to trigger our subconscious minds into taking notice of that wonderful brand of cigarettes the orphan hand was holding, or to associate a particular brand of mascara with the word sex subliminally drawn into in a woman's hair.
	www.spiritual-happiness.com /ntr7.html (1703 words)

	Hidden persuaders - Commentary - The Washington Times, America's Newspaper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Hidden persuaders - Commentary - The Washington Times, America's Newspaper
		It could work provided Congress and the American people understand the strategy's hidden persuaders.
		U.S. field commanders estimate the number of insurgents -- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says terrorists should not be elevated to the lofty status of "insurgents" -- at about 20,000 with about 200,000 supporters (Saddam Hussein loyalists, including former members of Republican Guard elite units, secret intelligence and security service veterans, and senior Ba'ath Party operatives).
	www.washtimes.com /commentary/20051204-102939-6488r.htm (752 words)

	The return of the hidden persuaders - Salon
		The return of the hidden persuaders - Salon
		At first blush, petroleum gasoline might seem a humdrum commodity, an improbable receptacle for consumers' hopes, dreams and misty hidden yearnings.
		But Shell is only the latest blue-chip company to conclude that the secret to a healthy bottom line lies not in tracking surveys or usage studies, but in the murky depths of the consumer unconscious.
	dir.salon.com /story/media/col/shal/1999/09/27/persuaders/?sid=303801 (962 words)

	eBay - hidden persuaders, Parts Accessories, eBay Motors items on eBay.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		24 items found for hidden persuaders in eBay Stores.
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	Hidden persuaders gut the Christian gospel Catholic New Times - Find Articles
		Hidden persuaders gut the Christian gospel Catholic New Times - Find Articles
		I recall a homily years ago that raised the question: What if someone were able to place some hidden gas in our atmosphere, something in the very air that we breathe, that could brainwash us and make us unconsciously submissive to everything that person wanted?
		What if we were slowly turned into robots who thought we were making our own free human decisions, but who were actually being led by some outside influence?
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0MKY/is_14_29/ai_n15675145 (405 words)

	Drowned by the Hidden Pursuaders (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		One of the oldest cultures in the world has just been destroyed by one of the youngest, whose only understanding is money and the glitzy artefacts it can buy.
		Now, under the guise of ‘reconstruction’, begins the systematic rape of the hearts and minds of that nation by the ‘hidden persuaders’.
		* See: Vance Packard's seminal work: The Hidden Persuaders, 1957, which shows how much we are all being controlled
	www.faupel-art.org /45Hiddenpersuaders.htm (70 words)

	Amazon.com: Hidden Persuaders: Books: Packard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		I read a book recently called The Hidden Persuaders by Vance Packard.
		Packard analyzes the origins of the underworld of the different devices about how to persuade the consumer to acquire things that not necesarily are useful.
		That is why a whole universe of new disciplines have been created to induce the population to follow certain patterns of induced behavior.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0671531492?v=glance (1664 words)

	disinformation \| subliminal advertising: return of the hidden persuaders
		By reaching deep into your subconscious, 'they' pick at the very underpinnings of any sense of self you may think you have.
		The invention of dissatisfaction was chronicled by Vance Packard's seminal book 'The Hidden Persuaders' (D. Mackay & Co, 1957), which revealed how advertising agencies propagate fantasy lives, flooding our consciousness with images and symbols that dwarf any other time in history, and has warped our consciousness.
		This 'Salon' magazine article (December 17th, 1996) is an eulogy on sociologist Vance Packard which examines his influence and notes that his seminal book 'The Hidden Persuaders' (1957) does not explore the murky world of 'subliminal advertising'.
	www.disinfo.com /archive/pages/dossier/id321/pg1 (1124 words)

	Hidden Persuaders
		Students will find the etymology of propaganda, prejudice, bias, and discuss whether their personal lives are impacted by any or all of these words.
		Complete worksheet analyzing four commercials advertising different kinds of products from four different media so that students learn to recognize that youth, sexuality, glamour are presented to attract the consumer and persuade the consumer to buy the products.
		The dramatic elements in the film work to show how the Nazis persuade kids to join the Nazi party and it shows how censorship is used to limit their exposure to different ideas.
	www.learnnc.org /lessons/MarylouWest1232002702 (1375 words)

	Blake's 7 - Kaldor City - Hidden Persuaders
		Magic Bullet has completed the recording of the third Kaldor City CD, "Hidden Persuaders" by Jim Smith and Fiona Moore.
		"Hidden Persuaders" will see several new cast members joining Paul Darrow, Russell Hunter and Scott Fredericks, including Nicholas Courtney, Jasmine Breaks and David Collings.
		More information, including a full cast list on the Kaldor City Web Site.
	www.hermit.org /Blakes7/Merchant/Tapes/Kaldor/index3.html (81 words)

	humor pop culture The Not So Hidden Persuaders
		In 1957, a perspicacious young journalist from Pennsylvania named Vance Packard wrote a book called The Hidden Persuaders.
		It was meant to explain to the public at large why they buy the products they do and to warn them about the psychological aspects of consumer appeal that lie beneath the levels of consciousness.
		A red car, for example, has hidden stimuli, for red is a color that makes people angry.
	www.cultureschlockonline.com /Articles/persuade.html (1090 words)

	hidden persuaders (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Hegemony = leadership or dominance, especially by one state or social group over others
		The ability of one class to persuade other classes to see the world in terms favorable to its own ascendancy
		The balance between coercion and consent will vary from society to society, the latter being more important in capitalist societies
	www.caledonia.org.uk /hegemony.htm (1752 words)

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