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DOI: 10.1177/095394680401700214 © 2004 SAGE Publications Idolatry, Lost Icons and Consumer PreferencesAdvertising, with its effects on both individual wants and the general ethos of consumerism, is a matter of concern to both economists and spiritual commentators on the state of society: it thus falls well within Ronald Preston's range of interests. The article will consider both the economists approach to advertising and wider concerns about its influence in society, before posing a number of questions about the good and bad aspects of advertising and what, if anything, can and should be done about it.
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