Advertising and the End of the World

Advertising and the End of the World

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 1, 1998

Runtime

0h 46m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

Advertising and the End of the World

Production Companies

Media Education Foundation

Director

Sut Jhally

Description

Focusing directly on the world of commercial images, Sut Jhally asks some basic questions about the cultural messages emanating from this market-based view of the world: Do our present arrangements deliver what they claim -- happiness and satisfaction? Can we think about our collective as well as our private interests? And, can we think long-term as well as short-term?