Americans Began to Fear That They Were Being Seduced by Subliminal

question 14

Multiple Choice

Americans began to fear that they were being seduced by subliminal advertising during the 1950's, and a celebrated example of the hysteria created was the story of:

• A) Vicary's false story of embedded messages for Coca-Cola and popcorn at movie theatres
• B) "Morning Again in America", a novel by Hal Riney.
• C) Phil Dusenberry's true story of "drink me" messages in Pepsi ads
• D) Bruce Barton's book about Christ as an ad man

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