The Sweeps  
   Seasonal campaigns by TV network affiliates aimed at boosting ratings in order to maximize advertising revenue.
   http://www.culturalstudies.net/sweeps.html

Smoke gets in your eyes  
   Are cigarette manufacturers not just placing ads but also creating magazines for their own advertising? Article from Salon.
   http://ww1.salonmagazine.com/media/1997/12/15media.html

Gandhi was no pitchman  
   Why Apple chose the wrong icon to promote their product. Article from Salon.
   http://www.salonmagazine.com/media/1997/11/04media.html

let's English!  
   English has become the lingua franca of global merchandise, but does it mean anything? Salon article.
   http://ww1.salonmagazine.com/media/media960916.html

Enlightenment to go  
   One man's teaser ad campaign is another's otherworldly obsession. Salon article.
   http://ww1.salonmagazine.com/media/media960822.html

Call to distraction  
   How to tell the difference when there is no difference to tell. Salon article.
   http://ww1.salonmagazine.com/media/media960812.html

Talk dirty to me, Nike  
   The shoe company's new ad campaign gives new meaning to "Just Do It". Salon article.
   http://ww1.salonmagazine.com/media/media960722.html

The contrition peddlers  
   When you're a big corporation and you step in racial doo-doo, you call Chisholm-Mingo -- your full-service agency for repentance, prevention and brand-burnishing. Salon article.
   http://www.salon.com/media/col/shal/1999/07/20/chisholm/

Getting dirty  
   Critique of a Shield soap commercial, by Mark Crispin Miller.
   http://www.uiowa.edu/~commstud/adclass/miller.html

Malt liquor marketing to Latinos  
   The malt-liquor industry, drunk on high-octane sales to the black hip-hop nation, has set its sights on the Latino youth market.
   http://www.metroactive.com/papers/sonoma/10.02.97/latino-drinking-9740.html

Labor, patriotism, and Michael Jordan in a Nike advertisement  
   Examination of Nike's use of Michael Jordan in an apparent attempt to restore their tarnished image.
   http://www.emediaplan.com/admunch/ViewPoints/Article8.asp

Brand-stretching  
   - the use of tobacco brand names on non-tobacco merchandise or services - as a means of promoting cigarettes when faced with a ban on direct tobacco advertising.
   http://www.ash.org.uk/html/advspo/html/brand.html