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 Websites presented in alphabetical order Alcohol Advertising 
 "The influence of alcohol beverage advertising on consumption and abuse is examined on the basis of scientific research and evidence" on this website. Discusses consumption and abuse, the purpose of alcohol advertising, youth and commercials, parental influence ("It is parents, rather than alcohol ads, with the great influence over young people."), and related topics. Includes material on the alcohol industry and alcohol law and policy. From a SUNY Potsdam sociology professor specializing in alcohol and drinking. http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/Advertising.html Topics: Advertising & Marketing, Beverages, Industries Last updated Nov 15, 2005 Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau: Alcohol Advertising, Labeling and Formulation Division
Official announcements from this bureau of the U.S. Department of the Treasury about the regulations, requirements, and compliance issues related to alcohol advertising and labeling. The FAQ covers topics of interest to both businesses and home brewers related to how alcoholic beverages may be marketed to consumers. Includes a section on labeling requirements for organic alcoholic beverages. http://www.ttb.gov/alfd/ Topics: Advertising & Marketing, Beverages, Industries Last updated Nov 15, 2005 Baby Milk Action
The goal of this nonprofit British organization is "to save lives and to end the avoidable suffering caused by inappropriate infant feeding." The site focuses on marketing practices for breast milk substitutes and the promotion of breastfeeding. It includes news, policy papers, information about the Nestlé boycott and the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes, and related information. http://www.babymilkaction.org Topics: Advertising & Marketing, Beverages, Corruption & Fraud, Families, Fish, Meat, & Dairy, Nutrition & Food Safety, Reproductive and Sexual Health, Women's Health Last updated Nov 8, 2004 Drawing Power: Motor City Ad Art in the Age of Muscle & Chrome
This exhibit features mid-20th century automobile commercial art from Detroit advertising studios such as "McNamara Associates, Skidmore Sahratian, and Graphic House [which] thrived in close proximity to automotive executives and the advertising agencies that coordinated their publicity campaigns." Exhibit sections cover pre-World War II illustration, artists' samples, studio life, process, photography and realism, and diversity of potential buyers (such as youth and women). From the Detroit Public Library. http://www.detroitpubliclibrary.org/drawingpower/ Topics: Advertising & Marketing, Automobiles Last updated May 21, 2009 The Erotic History of Advertising: Aromatic Aphrodisiacs: Fragrance
This book excerpt discusses the "sexual content in fragrance advertising "and how "fragrance marketers play to people's fantasies." Features analysis of advertising from the 1970's and 1980's, along with selected images of print advertisements. From the Advertising Educational Foundation, "the advertising industry's provider and distributor of educational content." http://www.aef.com/on_campus/classroom/book_excerpts/data/2476 Topics: Advertising & Marketing, Fashion Last updated Dec 11, 2006 Fifty Years of Coca-Cola Television Advertisements
This site features "a variety of television advertisements, never-broadcast outtakes, and experimental footage reflecting the historical development of television advertising for a major commercial product." Interesting examples of stop-motion filming, lighting studies, and international commercials. Searchable and browsable. From The American Memory Project at the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ccmphtml/ Topics: Advertising & Marketing, Business, Media, Recreation, Television Last updated Aug 13, 2003 Junk Food News
This tasty site features stories and newswires about the junk food industry. Beyond the entertainment value of the latest news about empty calories, this site shrewdly illustrates by example how the junk food industry promotes its product. A well-done hobby site by a professional writer. http://www.junkfoodnews.net/ Topics: Advertising & Marketing, Business, Humor, Industries, Nonfiction by Genre, Nutrition & Food Safety, Snacks and Baked Goods, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment Last updated Oct 12, 2005 Medicine and Madison Avenue
Searchable and browsable exploration of "the complex relationships between modern medicine and modern advertising." It contains "images and database information for approximately 600 health-related advertisements printed in newspapers and magazines [that] illustrate the variety and evolution of marketing images from the 1910s through the 1950s." Products included are "cough and cold remedies, laxatives and indigestion aids, and vitamins and tonics, among others." http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/mma/ Topics: Advertising & Marketing, Business, Drugs & Medications by Type, Medical Treatments & Devices, Nutrition & Food Safety Last updated Oct 8, 2009 Movie Trailers
This browsable and searchable site presents movie trailers from over two dozen movie studios. Highlights trailers for current movies, and includes an archive of trailers listed by studio and genre. From Apple's QuickTime site. http://www.apple.com/trailers/ Topics: Advertising & Marketing, Business, Film, Movies, & Video, Recreation Last updated Jan 17, 2007 Not a Cough in a Carload: Images From the Tobacco Industry Campaign to Hide the Hazards of Smoking
This intention of this exhibit "is to tell ... the story of how, between the late 1920s and the early 1950s, tobacco companies used deceptive and often patently false claims in an effort to reassure the public of the safety of their products." View dozens of advertising images by brand or by theme (such as doctors smoking, brides smoking, inhaling, digestion, and calming nerves), and read slogans. From the Lane Library, Stanford School of Medicine. http://lane.stanford.edu/tobacco/index.html Topics: Advertising & Marketing, Industries Last updated Nov 4, 2008 Present at the Creation: The Marlboro Man
This special report from National Public Radio, which first aired in October, 2001, describes "the origins of the icon that helped to transform Marlboro from the lowliest of brands in Philip Morris' stable of cigarettes into the company's prize money winner." Includes interviews with former Marlboro Men, advertising posters, and related links. The site confirms the frequently-heard word-of-mouth that two former Marlboro Men died of lung cancer. http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/patc/marlboroman/ Topics: Advertising & Marketing, Business, Cancer, Drugs & Medications by Type Last updated Apr 29, 2003 tobaccopapers.com: UK Tobacco Industry Advertising Documents Database
"Search, view and download over 650 documents from the UK tobacco industry's main advertising agencies ranging from 1994 to 1999. ... [Search] to see examples of letters and memos sent between tobacco companies and their advertising agencies as they planned their campaigns to promote cigarettes, cigars and rolling tobacco to people in the UK." Also includes case studies and related links. From the Centre for Tobacco Control Research, United Kingdom. http://www.tobaccopapers.com/ Topics: Advertising & Marketing, Business, Correspondence, Diseases & Conditions, Drugs & Medications by Type, Industries, Nonfiction by Genre Last updated Jan 28, 2004 |
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