Advertising is much less powerful than advertisers and critics of advertising claim, and advertising agencies are stabbing in the dark much more than they are practicing precision microsurgery on the public consciousness. — Michael Schudson Copy Share Image
Expensive, well-executed, and familiar ads convince the investors, as nothing in the black and white tables of assets and debits can, that the company… — Michael Schudson Copy Share Image
Objectivity, in this sense, means that a person's statements about the world can be trusted if they are submitted to established rules deemed legitimate… — Michael Schudson Copy Share Image
Advertising is much less powerful than advertisers and critics of advertising claim, and advertising agencies are stabbing in the dark much more than they… — Michael Schudson Copy Share Image
It should be apparent that the belief in objectivity in journalism, as in other professions, is not just a claim about what kind of… — Michael Schudson Copy Share Image
If there are signs that Americans bow to the gods of advertising, there are equally indications that people find the gods ridiculous. It is… — Michael Schudson Copy Share Image
If advertising is not an official or state art, it is nonetheless clearly art. — Michael Schudson Copy Share Image
The story of journalism, on a day-to-day basis, is the story of the interaction of reporters and officials — Michael Schudson Copy Share Image
Even if, as is generally the case, everything that the ad says about the product is scrupulously honest, or at any rate scrupulously avoids… — Michael Schudson Copy Share Image
Different groups are differentially vulnerable to advertising; and their vulnerability varies not so much with the character or quantity of advertisements as with the… — Michael Schudson Copy Share Image
“Riding an omnibus or street railway was a novel experience. For the first time in human history, people other than the very wealthy could,… — Michael Schudson Copy Share Image
“But into the first decades of the twentieth century, even at the New York Times, it was uncommon for journalists to see a sharp… — Michael Schudson Copy Share Image
Sales may lead to advertising as much as advertising leads to sales. — Michael Schudson Copy Share Image
