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PRINT Magazine: The Consumption Issue

James David Morgan wrote this post at 8:46 am on July 31st, 2007.

The latest issue of PRINT Magazine focuses on “the ways that marketers and designers past and present have answered the populace, molded their perceptions, and spurred them to action.”

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They’re coming at it from the Marshall McLuhan slash Guy Debord angle, analyzing communications theory and keeping a stern eye out for propagandistic urges and trends. I read it at the local bookstore (which, sadly, here in Boston means Borders) and highly recommend it.

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