Content Pathfinder
ADVERTISING RESOURCES

Allison Carver
L.T. Ball Jr. High
Centerville
Advertising Agency
Grade 8
Language arts/media literacy
Advertising
The purpose of this pathfinder is to provide resources for students and teachers about advertising and the effects that advertising techniques have on consumers.

Dewey Numbers

302.23
371.33
428
658.8
659.1
659.13
Subject Headings

Advertising
Advertising b Psychological aspects
Advertising b United States b History
Mass media b Study and teaching
Mass media and youth
Media literacy

Professional Resources
Books (nonfiction)

Alvermann, Donna E. Popular culture in the classroom : teaching and researching
critical media literacy. Intbl Reading Assn., 1999. (302.23 Alv )

Endich, Roberta S. Media literacy : activities for understanding the scripted world.
Linworth, 2004. (371.33 End)

Krueger, Ellen. Seeing and believing : how to teach media literacy in the English
classroom. Boynton, 2001. (428 Kru)

Silverblatt, Art. Media literacy ; keys to interpreting media messages. Praeger, 2001. (302.23 Sil)

Media Resources

Frontline: The merchants of cool [videorecording]. PBS/WGBH, 2001.

Hands-on media literacy : valuable skills for teens and young learners [CD-Rom]. New Mexico
Media Literacy Project, 2004.

Why ads work [videorecording] : the power of self-deception. Learning Seed, 1996.

World's Funniest & Cleverest Commercials [DVD]. Good Times Home Video, 2004.

Web Sites
Advertising Techniques
Center for Media Literacy
Media Literacy Clearinghouse
Mediachannel.org
New Mexico Media Literacy Project
Web English Teacher: Media and Advertising

Resources for Students
Books
Caples, John Tested advertising methods. Prentice-Hall, 1997. (659.13 Cap)

Day, Nancy. Advertising : information or manipulation? Enslow, 1999. (659.1 Day)

Graydon, Shari. Made you look : how advertising works and why you should know.
Annick Press, 2003. (659.1 Gra)

Hogya, Bernie. Milk mustache mania : an inside look at one of your favorite ad
campaigns. Scholastic, 2001. (659.1 Hog)

Jones, John Philip. Whatbs in a name : advertising and the concept of brands. M.E.
Sharpe, 2003. (658.8 Jon)

Mierau, Christina B. Accept no suibstitutes! : the history of American advertising.
Lerner, 2000. (659.1 Mie)

Petley, Julian. Advertising : technology, people, process. Smart Apple Media, 2004. (659.1 Pet)

Petley, Julian. The media : the impact on our lives. Raintree Steck b Vaughn, 2001. (302.23 Pet)

InfOhio Electronic Resources
Britannica Online Encyclopedia

Ebscohost Middle Search

Web Sites
Frontline: The Merchants of Cool

Selected articles from EBSCOhost
Buyer, Beware! Scholastic Action, 3/22/2004, Vol. 27 Issue 11, p17, 1p; Reading Level (Lexile): 520; (AN 12472363)
Too good to be true? By: Sherrid, Pamela. U.S. News & World Report, 6/16/2003, Vol. 134 Issue 21, p42, 2p; Reading Level (Lexile): 1290; (AN 9979420)
How TOBACCO Ads Target Teens. (cover story) By: Kowalski, Kathiann M.. Current Health 2, Apr/May2002, Vol. 28 Issue 8, p6, 6p, 5c; Reading Level (Lexile): 1030; (AN 6734867)
Soda Pop That Packs A Punch. By: Cowley, Geoffrey; Underwood, Anne. Newsweek, 02/19/2001, Vol. 137 Issue 8, p45, 2/3p, 1c; Reading Level (Lexile): 1050; (AN 4076604)