Omnipresence of Advertising

Table Of Contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• About the author
• About the book
• This eBook can be cited
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• 0 Setting the Scene
• 0.1. The Omnipresence of Advertising: Vignettes
• 0.2. The Omnipresence of Advertising: An Introduction
• 0.3. Focus on Personal Autonomy
• 0.4. Sources of Inspiration
• 0.4.1. American Legal Doctrine
• 0.4.2. Feminist Ethics
• 0.4.3. Urban Studies and Spatial Thinking
• 0.5. The Spatial and Temporal Aspects of the Omnipresence of Advertising
• 0.5.2. The Spatial Aspect
• 0.5.3. The Temporal Aspect
• 0.6. Important Definitions
• 0.7. How to Read This Book and How It Came to Be
• 1 Portraying the Omnipresence of Advertising
• 1.1. Introduction
• 1.2. What Does the Term “Omnipresence” Mean?
• 1.3. Everyday Manifestations of the Omnipresence of Advertising
• 1.3.1. Jails
• 1.3.2. Police Service
• 1.3.3. Fire and Rescue Service
• 1.3.4. Medical Service
• 1.3.5. Schools
• 1.3.6. Sports Facilities and Broadcasts
• 1.3.7. Means of Entertainment: Videogames, Films, 
Books, Songs
• 1.3.8. Means of Transport
• 1.3.9. Private Cars and Houses
• 1.3.10. Church Buildings and Church Grounds
• 1.3.11. More Municipal Advertising: Green Areas, 
Pouring Rights
• 1.3.12. Municipal Marketing in Public Toilets
• 1.3.13. Branded Nature Outside the City
• 1.3.14. Human Body
• 1.4. First Approximation at a Definition of the Omnipresence of Advertising
• 1.5. Conclusions
• 2 Arguing Against the Omnipresence of Advertising Through the Lens of Relational Autonomy
• 2.1. Introduction
• 2.2. The Theoretical Part: Autonomy
• 2.2.1. Personal Autonomy
• 2.2.2. Relational Autonomy
• 2.2.3. An Amalgam of Meyers and Sneddon, and an Additional Element
• 2.2.4. Autonomy of Choice and Autonomy of Persons
• 2.2.5. Autonomy of Choice
• 2.2.6. Self-Shaping, Autonomy Skills, and the Dynamic Self
• 2.2.7. Self-Trust (and Trust)
• 2.2.8. Self-Knowledge and Self-Discovery
• 2.3. The Argumentative Part: A Critique of the Omnipresence of Advertising
• 2.3.1. The Omnipresence of Advertising Influencing Autonomy of Choice
• 2.3.1.1. The Argument from a Captive Audience
• 2.3.2. The Omnipresence of Advertising Influencing the Development, Maintenance, and Exercise of Autonomy Competence
• 2.3.2.1. The Argument from Hindering Critical Reasoning
• 2.3.2.2. The Argument from Non-Benign Objectification and the Erosion of Trust
• 2.4. Conclusions
• 3 Conclusions: Towards Ad-Freedom
• 3.1. Definition-Related Conclusions
• 3.1.1. A Brief Summary of the Definitional Exploration
• 3.1.2. The Final Step of the Definitional Exploration
• 3.2. Objection-Related and Argument-Related Conclusions
• 3.2.1. The Objection
• 3.2.2. Answering the Objection
• 3.3. Solution-Related Conclusions
• 3.3.1. Solution-Related Concluding Thoughts and Guidelines
• 3.3.2. Solutions Are Possible: An Example
• 3.3.3. Less Than Ideal Solutions: The Satisfactory Level
• 3.4. To Close and to Inspire
• 3.4.1. Ad-Freedom
• 3.4.2. Paid Non-Exposure to Advertising
• 3.4.3. Paths for Further Study
• 3.4.4. Final Remarks
• 4 The Legal Appendix
• 4.1. Introduction
• 4.2. Commercial Speech in the American Legal Discourse
• 4.2.1. Commercial Speech Versus Noncommercial Speech
• 4.2.2. The Value of Commercial Speech
• 4.2.3. Freedom of Commercial Speech and Its Limitations
• 4.2.4. The Captive Audience Doctrine
• 4.2.5. The Pervasiveness of Commercial Speech
• 4.2.5.1. Charles Black: An Early Intuition (1950s)
• 4.2.5.2. R. George Wright: Right on Time (1990s)
• 5 The Ethical Appendix
• 5.1. Introduction
• 5.2. The Autonomist Analysis of Advertising in the Ethical 
Discourse
• 5.2.1. Arrington’s Frankfurtian Autonomist Defense of Advertising and Its Criticisms
• 5.2.2. Sneddon’s Taylorian Autonomist Criticism of Advertising
• 5.2.3. Cunningham’s Nogglian Autonomist Defense of Advertising
• 5.2.4. Villarán’s Kantian Autonomist Criticism of Advertising
• 5.3. The Omnipresence of Advertising Mentioned in the Ethical Discourse
• 5.3.1. Edward Spence, in Collaboration with Brett 
Van Heekeren
• 5.3.1.1. The Freedom of Choice Argument/The Privacy Argument
• 5.3.1.2. The Suspension of Discontent Argument
• 5.3.1.3. The Time-Out Argument
• 5.3.1.4. The Preservation of Aesthetic Space Argument
• 5.3.1.5. The Deception Argument
• 5.3.1.6. The Overload Argument
• 5.3.1.7. Spence’s and Van Heekeren’s Concluding Remarks
• 5.3.1.8. Spence’s Additional Argument of 2018
• 5.3.2. Michael Sandel
• 5.3.2.1. The Argument from Freedom of Choice or the Laissez-Faire Argument
• 5.3.2.2. The Argument from Coercion and Unfairness
• 5.3.2.3. The Argument from Degradation and Corruption
• 5.3.2.4. The Argument from Pollution
• 5.3.3. Andrew Sneddon
• 5.3.3.1. The Argument from Cognitive, Volitional, and Ontological Impoverishment
• 6 The Short Linguistic Appendix
• References
• Primary References
• The Main Section
• The Legal Acts Section (from the most recent to the earliest)
• Secondary References: Non-Academic
• The Main Section (in alphabetical order)
• The Dictionary Entries Section
• Films, Television Series, Shows, Songs, and Videogames Referred to in the Thesis (from the most recent to the earliest)
• Series Index