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  1. Advertising at the Edge of the Apocalypse (2017)

    Director
    Sut Jhally
    Producer
    Jeremy Earp
    Subject
    Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 60 minutes), $350.00

    Media scholar Sut Jhally takes the viewer through the history of advertising, from the emergence of the industry in the early 20th century to the full-scale commercialization of culture in the digital age....

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  2. BUFVC Weekly Top 5 TV & Radio Programme Requests

    Date
    2 Feb 2011, 11:46
    Author
    Markeda Cole
    Post Type
    Post

    For the week ending 21 January 2011 the most requested titles from the BUFVC Off-Air Back-Up Service include two installments from BBC4's series on the brain as well as examinations of the impact of...

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  3. Consumption (2013)

    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £17.99

    Consumerism pervades American culture, it dominates all aspects of American life, including the work of the country’s artists. CONSUMPTION explores how artists respond to the pervasiveness of consumerism...

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  4. Cost of Cool, The (2001)

    Director
    Michael Tobias
    Subject
    Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 27 minutess), £29.50

    Teenagers discuss what it takes to be ‘cool’, the pressures of consumerism, and the impact on the environment. The video begins with a look at global population growth and the impact of consumption...

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  5. Story of Stuff, The (2007)

    Subject
    Economics; Social sciences

    This 20-minute online film takes a provocative look at our consumer-driven culture — from resource extraction to iPod incineration — exposing the real costs of this use-it and lose-it approach to material...

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  6. Culture Jammers Video

    Subject
    Media studies; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (NTSC, 20 minutes), $15.00

    A collection of anti-consumerist subvertisments and uncommercials

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  7. Sign is a Fine Investment, A (1983)

    Director
    Judith Williamson
    Subject
    Media studies; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (50 minutes), £50.00

    From the 1890s until the 1920s and 30s, early advertising frequently used images of industrial work to sell its products, showing in detail the actual manufacture of goods advertised. Modern advertising, on...

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  8. Japan (1992 Video)

    Subject
    Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 20 min., 1997 sale: £27.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    An introduction to to the society, economy and politics of Japan. Discusses aspects of technology, population, consumerism,, exports and foreign policy.

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  9. American Supermarket (6 Parts) (1991 Video)

    Producer
    Davide Ferrario
    Subject
    Sociology
    Distribution
    Out of Distribution

    Industrial films, old commercials, documentaries, educational films, and army training films are used humourously to portray the American dream of the 1940s and 1950s. Shows the mass culture of a period that...

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  10. Managing Change: Changing the Manager (1988 Video)

    Director
    Gavin Nettleton
    Subject
    Business studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 33 min.

    Looks at the pressures, frustrations and challenges faced by bank managers, especially those in branch and area offices, taking in both personal (retail) and corporate business. Topics include competition,...

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