Business as Usual: How Sponsored Media Sold American Capitalism in the Twentieth Century

by Caroline Jack

How corporations used mass media to teach Americans that capitalism was natural and patriotic, exposing the porous line between propaganda and public service.

Business as Usual reveals how American capitalism has been promoted in the most ephemeral of materials: public service announcements, pamphlets, educational films, and games--what Caroline Jack calls "sponsored economic education media." These items, which were funded by...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226835146
• ISBN13: 9780226835143
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"