Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id KAA17517 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Mon, 2 Apr 2001 10:55:27 +0100 Message-ID: <2D1C159B783DD211808A006008062D3101745D40@inchna.stir.ac.uk> From: Vincent Campbell <v.p.campbell@stir.ac.uk> To: "'memetics@mmu.ac.uk'" <memetics@mmu.ac.uk> Subject: RE: taboos Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 10:51:42 +0100 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
I've mentioned before a piece in 'Skeptical Inquirer' from a defence witness
in the Judas Priest subliminal message trial (suicides blamed on the rock
group). It's available online, (I've gicen the ref before, and can't
remember it off hand now), and gives a good working through of the lack of
evidence for subliminal advertising, and debunks the work on which many
countries, like the UK, jumped to legislation.
Wade's right. It's an urban myth in the sense that even the best known
"examples", like the frames of coca-cola in films making people buy more
coke, are now highly suspect and weren't based on rigourous tests.
Vincent
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> From: Lawrence DeBivort
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> Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 4:55 pm
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> Subject: RE: taboos
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> Doug Brooker:
> > Why would advertisers want to use something that all clinical trials
> shows doesn't work and is also likely to get the advertiser and agency
> into deep merde? Did you see see the 'rat'?
>
> LdB:
> I would be surprised if, well done, subliminal advertising doesn't work.
> Does anyone have references on studies that suggest that it does/doesn't?
>
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