Making Pictures in Our Heads: Government Advertising in Canada
Author:   Jonathan Rose
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:  

9780275968427


Pages:   272
Publication Date:   30 March 2000
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Format:   Hardback
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Making Pictures in Our Heads: Government Advertising in Canada


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Rose uses excerpts from advertising campaigns and government documents obtained through access to information legislation and archival data, much of which has been recently declassified and never before published, in this first comprehensive book-length investigation of state advertising. While its focus is on Canada, the book will be of interest to researchers of communications, politics, or advertising in any nation whose government advertises.

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Author:   Jonathan Rose
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Praeger Publishers Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.553kg
ISBN:  

9780275968427


ISBN 10:   0275968421
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   30 March 2000
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Introduction Communication and Government The Rise of Government Advertising in Canada Inside the Idea Factory: The Production of Government Advertisements The Canadian Unity Information Office: Crisis Advertising to Canadians Selling the Patriation of the Constitution Advertising the Goods and Services Tax: An ""Uneasy Persuasion"" Creating Meaning in Advertising Conclusion: A ""Kind of Decent Materialism?"" Appendices Bibliography Index"

Reviews

... a welcome study of one important dimension of this propaganda state and a fine application of rhetorical analysis to the understanding of advertising. -Canadian Journal of Communication ... this work is an interesting and informative study...�t�he volume will interest Canadianists and students of political communications, mass media, and comparative politics. -Choice ?...this work is an interesting and informative study...[t]he volume will interest Canadianists and students of political communications, mass media, and comparative politics.?-Choice ?...a welcome study of one important dimension of this propaganda state and a fine application of rhetorical analysis to the understanding of advertising.?-Canadian Journal of Communication .,. this work is an interesting and informative study...[t]he volume will interest Canadianists and students of political communications, mass media, and comparative politics. -Choice .,. a welcome study of one important dimension of this propaganda state and a fine application of rhetorical analysis to the understanding of advertising. -Canadian Journal of Communication


.,. a welcome study of one important dimension of this propaganda state and a fine application of rhetorical analysis to the understanding of advertising. -Canadian Journal of Communication


Author Information

JONATHAN W. ROSE is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Studies, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario. He has published in several academic journals and co-edited Canada: The State of the Federation, 1995 (1995).

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