Researchers at public universities are developing new ways of shutting down our capacity for independent thought.
Category: advertising
One Rolex Short of Contentment
Materialism promises satisfaction. It delivers despair.
Spend, Don’t Mend.
Advertising and consumerism dull our capacity for empathy.
Suckled on Lies
The case for banning advertisements aimed at children is overwhelming.
The Gift of Death
Pathological consumption has become so normalised that we scarcely notice it.
Sucking Out Our Brains Through Our Eyes
Advertising trashes our happiness and trashes the planet. And my income depends on it.
Selling Ecocide
Is it time to consider a ban on the adverts which help to cook the planet?
Not What It Says on the Tin
Even in the rich nations, the babymilk manufacturers are undermining breastfeeding
Willy Loman Syndrome
Young people are being torn apart by the gulf between expectation and reality. Is it any wonder that rates of mental illness are rising?
Feeding Crime
If governments really want to improve law and order, they should ban adverts for junk food
The Net Censors
The democratic potential of the new media is being blocked by the companies providing the technology.
The Fake Persuaders
Companies are creating false citizens to try to change the way we think
A Corporate Aristocracy
Market values are in direct conflict with the ethics of public service
Dying of Consumption
The more we spend, the happier we become. Probably.
No Politics Please
How Britain’s advertising rules forbid us to hear the bad news about business
New Labour, Old Feudalism
You can stuff your voluntary access agreements: we want the right to roam
Pester Power
Father Christmas has become an enemy of the people, as advertisers exploit parents for all they’re worth
Dinosaur Foresters
The Timber Trade Federation is trying to turn back the clock on forest protection
Greens Must Be Whiter Than White
We’re in danger of succumbing to the cynical politics of advertising