In Your Face. All Over The Place By Jean Kilbourne

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In the article “In Your Face...All Over the Place,” author Jean Kilbourne examines how ads and advertising affect the way we perceive and feel. In my opinion, I agree with the way author Kilbourne describes how and why ads work the way they do. Advertising is tremendously impacting our lives, through the influence of commercials, billboards, nationwide marketing publications, movies/television, celebrity endorsements, and catchy slogans. As Kilbourne states, “Advertising is our environment. We cannot escape it”(p.57). Advertising is simple, however it surpasses every cognitive thought process that we as humans have. It corrupts our language, values, and the outlook of social/culture patterns. Our spiritual environment is constantly