The Persuasion Industries

The Making of Modern Britain
Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-0-19-882170-0
Verlag: Sydney University Press

Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 680 g

At the end of the twentieth century, Britain was a consumer society. Commerce, intoxicating and addictive, had almost entirely colonized modern life. People were immersed in, and ultimately defined by, promotional culture. The things they consumed had overtaken class, religion, geography, or occupation as the primary form of self-identity and self-expression.

For much of the twentieth century all forms of brand communication- from political campaigning to product advertising- were based on the theory of rational appeals to rational consumers. There was only one problem with this theory: it was wrong.

The Persuasion Industries: The Making of Modern Britain examines develops in marketing, advertising, public relations, and branding. It explores the role they played in the emergence of the consumer society. New ideas from fields of behavioural psychology and economics, together with internal developments such as planning, positioning, and corporate branding allowed persuasion to become the driving force within many commercial enterprises.

Together these changes led to the emergence of an alternative emotional model of brand communication.

A simple idea that proved so compelling it changed the world we live in.

Autoren/Hrsg.

McKevitt, Steven

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Freizeitsoziologie, Konsumsoziologie, Alltagssoziologie, Populärkultur
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Verhaltensökonomik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Betriebswirtschaft: Theorie & Allgemeines
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften Medien & Gesellschaft, Medienwirkungsforschung
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Geschichte der Industrialisierung
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Industrielle Organisation
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Medien-, Informations und Kommunikationswirtschaft Werbeindustrie

Über Autor(innen)

Steven McKevitt is Visiting Professor in Brand Communication at Leeds Beckett University. He studied for his PhD at the University of Sheffield. Over a 20 year career in marketing, communications, and branding, his clients have included Nike, Coca-Cola, Sony PlayStation, and Deutsche Bank. His research has been featured in newspapers around the world from The Guardian, Times Literary Supplement, and New Scientist to The Kenya Daily Nation. He is the author of
City Slackers (Cyan, 2006), Everything Now (Route, 2012), and The Solar Revolution (Icon, 2014) amongst other books. He lives in Sheffield, UK.