Inger L Stole
Biographic Data
| ID | 201187 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Inger L Stole |
| GIVEN NAMES | Inger L |
| FAMILY NAME | Stole |
| SIGNATURE | STOLE I L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Bob McChesney
In this deeply personal essay, communication scholar Inger Stole shares with readers a glimpse into her life with Robert W. McChesney, her husband of 37 years. Stole reveals the depth of feeling with which McChesney approached all aspects of life, from his work as an intellectual and advocate to his role as a father and life partner
Selling under the swastika
The proliferating interest in consumer-related issues over the past three decades has brought an increased appreciation of the political aspects of business behavior and the advertising industry th
Persistent Pursuit of Personal Information
While much about digital advertising appears revolutionary, it would be wrong to accept the notion that customer surveillance is a modern phenomenon. Although the internet's technological advances have taken advertising in new directions and the practice of “data-mining” to almost incomprehensible extremes, nearly all of what is transpiring reflects some of the basic methods developed by marketers beginning a hundred years ago. In this essay, I a…
Advertising and Consumer Culture
This chapter argues that the proliferation of advertising has been key to the creation and expansion of a modern consumer society. It explores literature on the growth of advertising with an emphasis on developments in the early part of the twentieth century. Using an institutional approach, it discusses the impact of advertising on discourses surrounding the emerging culture of consumption. Throughout the twentieth century, advertising and the c…
A moment of danger
The Sales Effort and Monopoly Capital
On the eightieth anniversary of the 1929 Stock Market Crash that led to the Great Depression, the United States is once again caught in a Great Financial Crisis and deep downturn of an order of magnitude comparable to the 1930s. At the center of this crisis is plunging consumer spending, caused by the destruction of household finance as a result of decades of wage stagnation and the piling up of debt.1 Consumer spending in today's economy, domina…
Consumer Activism, Commercialism, and Curriculum Choices
Sold American
As consumer studies move from the margins to the mainstream of many academic disciplines, scholarship that explores our market-related experiences is becoming more plentiful. One of the latest additions to the field is Sold American, an eloquently written, meticulously researched, and well-illustrated book about “consumption and citizenship” from 1890 to 1945. During this period, argues Charles F. McGovern, a professor of history at the College o…
Televised Consumption
This article looks at ways in which the US broadcasting and advertising industries conceptualized the female consumer in the immediate Post War period. It explores the emergence of daytime television and discusses broadcasters' views of their predominantly female audience. The article argues that by grasping the underlying principles that were developed in the early daytime television industry, one can gain a better understanding, not only of the…
Consumer Protection in Historical Perspective
The 5-year period between 1933 and 1938 represents a critical juncture in the history of advertising. It was during this period, and only during this period, that Congress formally considered exactly what should be the role of advertising in our society and how it should be regulated. In this article, I chronicle some of the main issues and developments behind the struggle over the crafting and passing of legislation for the regulation of adverti…
The Kate Smith Hour and the Struggle for Control of Television Programming in the Early 1950s
Televised Consumption
This article looks at ways in which the US broadcasting and advertising industries conceptualized the female consumer in the immediate Post War period. It explores the emergence of daytime television and discusses broadcasters' views of their predominantly female audience. The article argues that by grasping the underlying principles that were developed in the early daytime television industry, one can gain a better understanding, not only of the…
The Kate Smith Hour and the Struggle for Control of Television Programming in the Early 1950s
Selling under the swastika
The proliferating interest in consumer-related issues over the past three decades has brought an increased appreciation of the political aspects of business behavior and the advertising industry th
Persistent Pursuit of Personal Information
While much about digital advertising appears revolutionary, it would be wrong to accept the notion that customer surveillance is a modern phenomenon. Although the internet's technological advances have taken advertising in new directions and the practice of “data-mining” to almost incomprehensible extremes, nearly all of what is transpiring reflects some of the basic methods developed by marketers beginning a hundred years ago. In this essay, I a…
Consumer Protection in Historical Perspective
The 5-year period between 1933 and 1938 represents a critical juncture in the history of advertising. It was during this period, and only during this period, that Congress formally considered exactly what should be the role of advertising in our society and how it should be regulated. In this article, I chronicle some of the main issues and developments behind the struggle over the crafting and passing of legislation for the regulation of adverti…
The Kate Smith Hour and the Struggle for Control of Television Programming in the Early 1950s
Televised Consumption
This article looks at ways in which the US broadcasting and advertising industries conceptualized the female consumer in the immediate Post War period. It explores the emergence of daytime television and discusses broadcasters' views of their predominantly female audience. The article argues that by grasping the underlying principles that were developed in the early daytime television industry, one can gain a better understanding, not only of the…
Consumer Activism, Commercialism, and Curriculum Choices
Sold American
As consumer studies move from the margins to the mainstream of many academic disciplines, scholarship that explores our market-related experiences is becoming more plentiful. One of the latest additions to the field is Sold American, an eloquently written, meticulously researched, and well-illustrated book about “consumption and citizenship” from 1890 to 1945. During this period, argues Charles F. McGovern, a professor of history at the College o…
The Sales Effort and Monopoly Capital
On the eightieth anniversary of the 1929 Stock Market Crash that led to the Great Depression, the United States is once again caught in a Great Financial Crisis and deep downturn of an order of magnitude comparable to the 1930s. At the center of this crisis is plunging consumer spending, caused by the destruction of household finance as a result of decades of wage stagnation and the piling up of debt.1 Consumer spending in today's economy, domina…
A moment of danger
Advertising and Consumer Culture
This chapter argues that the proliferation of advertising has been key to the creation and expansion of a modern consumer society. It explores literature on the growth of advertising with an emphasis on developments in the early part of the twentieth century. Using an institutional approach, it discusses the impact of advertising on discourses surrounding the emerging culture of consumption. Throughout the twentieth century, advertising and the c…
Persistent Pursuit of Personal Information
While much about digital advertising appears revolutionary, it would be wrong to accept the notion that customer surveillance is a modern phenomenon. Although the internet's technological advances have taken advertising in new directions and the practice of “data-mining” to almost incomprehensible extremes, nearly all of what is transpiring reflects some of the basic methods developed by marketers beginning a hundred years ago. In this essay, I a…
Selling under the swastika
The proliferating interest in consumer-related issues over the past three decades has brought an increased appreciation of the political aspects of business behavior and the advertising industry th
Bob McChesney
In this deeply personal essay, communication scholar Inger Stole shares with readers a glimpse into her life with Robert W. McChesney, her husband of 37 years. Stole reveals the depth of feeling with which McChesney approached all aspects of life, from his work as an intellectual and advocate to his role as a father and life partner
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