TY - BOOK AU - McAllister,Matthew P. TI - The commercialization of American culture: new advertising, control, and democracy SN - 0803953801 (pbk.) U1 - 659.1042 PY - 1996/// CY - Thousand Oaks PB - SAGE KW - Advertising KW - Social aspects KW - United States KW - Mass media KW - History KW - 20th century N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 260-274) and index; 1. The changing nature of advertising and control - 2. Advertising's external and internal control: social implications - 3. Place-based advertising: control through location - 4. Controlling viewer behavior: creating the zapless ad - 5. Cross promotion: control through cooperation - 6. Sponsorship: control behind a philanthropic facade - 7. Commercials, control and the computer revolution - 8. Conclusion ER -