Advertising, the Uneasy Persuasion: Its Dubious Impact on American Society

Whatever the stars are available for rating - they are not enough for the book. Deep, thoughtful, unbiased and with good humor. After being 15 years in advertising I've never thought that an outsider can have such an accurate view of our real processes and thinking. Author takes all the pains in studying the context of the ads (just browse the references - I've spent the whole day just making notes on them). To sum up: in my opinion Schudson to advertising is what Jaques Le Goff is to the Medieval History. If you rely on the "everyone knows that" type of knowledge - you'll have a lot of surprises.