Advertising at the Edge of the Apocalypse

Synopsis

In this highly anticipated sequel to his groundbreaking, ADVERTISING AND THE END OF THE WORLD, media scholar Sut Jhally explores the devastating personal and environmental fallout from advertising, commercial culture, and rampant American consumerism. Ranging from the emergence of the modern advertising industry in the early 20th century to the full-scale commercialization of the culture today, Jhally identifies one consistent message running throughout all of advertising: the idea that corporate brands and consumer goods are the keys to human happiness. He then shows how this powerful narrative, backed by billions of dollars a year and propagated by the best creative minds, has blinded us to the catastrophic costs of ever-accelerating rates of consumption.

Main Cast

Sut Jhally

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Writer	Jeremy Earp Sut Jhally
Editing	Editor	Jason Young Sut Jhally Jeremy Earp
Production	Producer	Loretta Alper
	Production Assistant	Sarah Marmon David Mello
Directing	Director	Sut Jhally Jeremy Earp
Crew	Intern	Katelyn Dube Sandra Scanlon David Tauscher Emily Hodgkins
Sound	Sound	Rikk Desgres
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