Michael Schudson Quotes:
Ocupation: Sociologist
Life: b. November 3, 1946
Birthday: November 3
Even if, as is generally the case, everything that the ad says about the product is scrupulously honest, or at any rate scrupulously avoids outright dishonesty, the implication of the direct address of most commercials - that the announcer speaks with the viewer's welfare at heart - is fraudulent.
source: Michael Schudson (2013). “Advertising, The Uneasy Persuasion (RLE Advertising): Its Dubious Impact on American Society”, p.33, Routledge
topic: Heart, Addresses, Honest, Announcers
