And now, a turd from our sponsors: The First Annual Counter-Clio Awards honor the worst that advertising has to offer. From Salon magazine.Eradicating the Stain: What's the difference between advertising and graffitti?How does wealth influence the mass media?: "The main business of the media is to sell audiences to advertisers." Presentation of Chomsky's "Propaganda model" of mass media.How powerful is advertising?: A review of Breaking Up America, by Joseph Turow. From the Atlantic Monthly.Return of the hidden persuaders - part one: Salon Media series looking at the latest gurus on Madison Avenue - semioticians, anthropologists and ego psychologists.Return of the hidden persuaders - part three: Salon Media series looking at the latest gurus on Madison Avenue - semioticians, anthropologists and ego psychologists.Return of the hidden persuaders - part two: Salon Media series looking at the latest gurus on Madison Avenue - semioticians, anthropologists and ego psychologists.Salon.com: The Name Game: Columnist Ruth Shalit questions the brand name creation industry and whether the perfect name is the key to corporate success.Stay Free!: Non-profit magazine examining commercialism and American culture.Subliminal Advertising: Numerous examples and commentary on a range of subliminal adverts. Analysis is based on the work of Wilson Key.The Culture Industry: Enlightenment as Mass Deception: A chapter from Adorno and Horkheimer's Dialectic of Enlightenment on the mass-production of culture.The Hidden Persuader: Looking back at Vance Packard's contribution in educating people about social impact of advertising. Article from Salon.The Media and Communication Studies Site: Advertising section forms part of "the definitive site for British media studies."Toward a critical theory of advertising: An analysis of advertising within a critical theory of society which combines historical, sociological, cultural, and political analysis.Up in smoke: The billboard-liberation movement gathers to celebrate 20 years of ad "improvement." From Salon.