Textbook bias: 80s and Reagan the loci of all our problems
"At a time when ... the President of the United States can be an actor who once sold shirt collars, all the cultural signs are pointing to more illusions in our lives rather than fewer." (419).
Solomon, Jack. "Masters of Desire: The Culture of American Advertising." 409-420.
"The explosion in children's advertising occured during the 1980's." (178).
"... three months after the inauguration of President Ronald Reagan, an FTC staff report argued that a ban on ads aimed at children would be impractical, effectively killing the proposal." (181).
Schlosser, Eric. "Kid Kustomers." 178-182.
"... the 1980s raised the clamor for more to new heights of shrillness, insistence, and general obnoxiousness..." (82.)
Shames, Laurence. "The More Factor." 76-82.
Signs of Life in the USA. 5th ed. Ed. Sonia Maasik and Jack Solomon. Boston: Bedford/St. Martins, 2006.
"Thus, the comparative upscale consumption that began in the 1980s..." (9).
Schor, Juliet B. The Overspent American: Upscaling, Downshifting, and the New Consumer.
Solomon, Jack. "Masters of Desire: The Culture of American Advertising." 409-420.
"The explosion in children's advertising occured during the 1980's." (178).
"... three months after the inauguration of President Ronald Reagan, an FTC staff report argued that a ban on ads aimed at children would be impractical, effectively killing the proposal." (181).
Schlosser, Eric. "Kid Kustomers." 178-182.
"... the 1980s raised the clamor for more to new heights of shrillness, insistence, and general obnoxiousness..." (82.)
Shames, Laurence. "The More Factor." 76-82.
Signs of Life in the USA. 5th ed. Ed. Sonia Maasik and Jack Solomon. Boston: Bedford/St. Martins, 2006.
"Thus, the comparative upscale consumption that began in the 1980s..." (9).
Schor, Juliet B. The Overspent American: Upscaling, Downshifting, and the New Consumer.