Advertising doesn't cause addictions. But it does create a climate of denial and it contributes mightily to a belief in the quick fix, instant gratification, the dreamworld, and escape from all pain and boredom. All of this is part of… — Jean Kilbourne Copy Share Image
Woman’s bodies continue to be dismembered in advertising. Over and over again just one part of the body is used to sell products, which… — Jean Kilbourne Copy Share Image
Addiction beggins whith the hope that something 'out there' can instantly fill up the emptiness inside. — Jean Kilbourne Copy Share Image
The Ideal Consumer is someone who is constantly dissatisfies, constanly needs more and more products in order to feel better. — Jean Kilbourne Copy Share Image
Ads sell more than products. They sell values, they sell images. They sell concepts of love and sexuality, of success and perhaps most important,… — Jean Kilbourne Copy Share Image
Girls get the message from very early on that what's most important is how they look, that their value, their worth depends on that.… — Jean Kilbourne Copy Share Image
Turning a human being into a thing, an object, is almost always the first step towards justifying violence against that person. It is very… — Jean Kilbourne Copy Share Image
The fact is that much of advertising's power comes from this belief that advertising does not affect us. The most effective kind of propaganda… — Jean Kilbourne Copy Share Image
Advertising doesn't cause addictions. But it does create a climate of denial and it contributes mightily to a belief in the quick fix, instant… — Jean Kilbourne Copy Share Image
Turning a human being into a thing is almost always the first step towards justifying violence against that person. — Jean Kilbourne Copy Share Image
