Comments on: The Trouble With Ads Part II: A World Without Commercials? http://www.ignisfatuus.com/2008/08/01/the-trouble-with-ads-part-ii-a-world-without-commercials/ Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:36:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: David http://www.ignisfatuus.com/2008/08/01/the-trouble-with-ads-part-ii-a-world-without-commercials/comment-page-1/#comment-23392 David Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:51:04 +0000 http://www.ignisfatuus.com/?p=281#comment-23392 Product placement is one thing, but since writing this I came across this: http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/01/13/drugs/index.html Basically, entire episodes' storylines were constructed to push an agenda, for which the networks and producers were paid. Instead of just glamourising products in the periphery or superficial aspects of the show, the show's entire narrative acted as advertising, of a sort. Product placement is one thing, but since writing this I came across this:

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/01/13/drugs/index.html

Basically, entire episodes’ storylines were constructed to push an agenda, for which the networks and producers were paid. Instead of just glamourising products in the periphery or superficial aspects of the show, the show’s entire narrative acted as advertising, of a sort.

]]> By: Jessica Tipping http://www.ignisfatuus.com/2008/08/01/the-trouble-with-ads-part-ii-a-world-without-commercials/comment-page-1/#comment-247 Jessica Tipping Sat, 02 Aug 2008 23:22:18 +0000 http://www.ignisfatuus.com/?p=281#comment-247 Great, a cliffhanger, right before the commercials, what a surprise. Great, a cliffhanger, right before the commercials, what a surprise.

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