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Advertisement Resources
- Adbusters — This Website provides an on-line companion to the well-known Adbusters magazine,
which is devoted to “culture jamming” – i.e. promoting social activism through parodying and attacking texts produced by the media. In particular, look at their spoof ad posters and postcards available through their “order” link.
- Adland — This site offers a comprehensive page of links to advertising archives.
- The Ad Council — A private, non-profit organization, the Ad Council has created thousands of public service ads since World War II; many of the more recent PSA campaigns are featured on this Website.
- AdvertisingAve.com — impressive Website that offers a rich archive of recent television commercials, free of charge.
- BADvertising Site — The self-proclaimed “home of honest tobacco ads,” this site contains an interesting archive of spoof ads as well as instructions for creating your own “honest” badvertisements.
- Coca-Cola Soda Ads — This Website compiles a series of print ads for Coca-Cola, dating from 1937 to 1994.
- The Emergence of Advertising in America: 1850-1920 — This searchable Website provides information and images directly related to the rise of advertising in America.
- Got Milk — This website archives celebrity ads from the national Got Milk? Ad campaign.
- MediaWatch: Best and Worst Images — This page, created by the watchdog group, MediaWatch, offers a collection of advertisements that their subscribers voted to be the best and worst of the year. Click on the individual images for a more detailed description of context and publication.
- Tobacco.org Ads — archive of cigarette advertising—Website opens with a helpful search engine so you can customize your search.
- YouTube.com — One might ask what's not here? In addition to everything else, you can search for recent commercials.
See also the Envision Website |
