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Appeals In Advertising, Bess Epstein

Bachelors’ Theses

In this thesis, the writer studied the appeals of advertising and the psychology that lies behind them. An attempt was made to dis­ cover what the appeals are based on and the processes that are related to the presentation of the appeals.

The different chapters of the books, given in the Bibliography, were read and notes taken on everything read. From the material thus com­ piled, opinions were assorted and wherever neces­sary, differences in opinion were mentioned. Whatever was believed to need explanation was made clearer by taking examples from the Saturday Evening Post.

This thesis was written with the …

The Ethics Of Advertising, Richard H. Derry

Bachelors’ Theses

One hundred years ago business was largely carried on within the limits or individual communities and consumers were more or less intimately acquainted with producers. At that time there was in the economic proceedure of the country a certain amount of pride in workmanship and flimsiness in products was not tolerated. When a builder erected a house he built it to last; fully realizing that any faulty construction would jeopardize his reputation as a craftsman. And so it was with practically all industries, each town having nearly a complete set of them. There were a few commodities that came from …