Wednesday, 11 January 2017

Consumerism Lecture

Freud

- New theory of human nature
- Psycho analysis
- The interpretation of dreams
- Hidden primitive sexual forces & animal instincts which need controlling
- The unconscious 
- The ego and the ID

Bernays

- Press agent
- Employed by public information
- Post war-set up 'The Council on Public Relations'
- Birth of PR
- Based on the ideas of Freud (his uncle)
-Crystallizing public opinion
- Propaganda

Product placement
Celebrity endorsements
The use of psuedo-scientific reports

Fordism

Transposes Taylorism to car factories of Detroit

Brand- Unique identity