Sacrifice, Consumption, and the American Way of Life: Advertising and Domestic Propaganda during World War II
Author: Young, Dannagal1
Source: The Communication Review, Volume 8, Number 1, January-March 2005 , pp. 27-52(26)
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd
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Abstract:
This paper explores the themes of sacrifice and consumption in World War II advertising, including content analyses of advertisements and editorials in the Saturday Evening Post as well as a textual analysis of articles in the advertising trade publications Printer's Ink and Industrial Marketing in 1942 and 1943. Results are discussed in terms of Cohen's (2003) concepts of citizen consumer, purchaser consumer, and the ultimate American postwar dual-identity: purchaser as citizen.Document Type: Research article
DOI: 10.1080/10714420590917352
Affiliations: 1: Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania
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