Quote by John Jervis

“If ads are about selling things, they are not only about selling things; their images can carry symbolic meanings, transmit messages, and create moods in ways that cannot be reduced to the conscious intentions of their creators and cannot be wholly controllable and predictable in their efffects.” quote by John Jervis — Download Open image

““If ads are about selling things, they are not only about selling things; their images can carry symbolic meanings, transmit messages, and create moods in ways that cannot be reduced to the conscious intentions of their creators and cannot be wholly controllable and predictable in their efffects.””

John Jervis

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