Wilson Bryan Key
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| Alma mater | University of Denver |
| Subject | Media theory, propaganda |
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Wilson Bryan Key (January 31, 1925 – October 8, 2008) was an American writer. He was the author of several books about subliminal messages and subliminal advertising.
Career
Key obtained his doctorate in communications from the University of Denver and taught journalism for a short period of time at the University of Western Ontario. He was a colleague and friend of Marshall McLuhan.
A US court case in 1990 accused the English Heavy Metal Band Judas Priest of causing suicide through subliminal messaging. Key advised the plaintiff's lawyer to hire Bill Nickloff, an audio engineer, to find the subliminal messaging.[1] The judge found that the defendant was not responsible for the deaths.[2]
Death
Key died following complications resulting from surgery. He is interred at the Northern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Fernley, Nevada.[citation needed]
Criticism
His results and conclusions have been challenged, in books including the following:
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Boese, Alex (2006). Hippo Eats Dwarf: A Field Guide to Hoaxes and Other B.S.. Harcourt, Inc. ISBN 0156030837.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Moore, Timothy E. (Spring 1992). "Subliminal Perception: Facts and Fallacies". Skeptical Inquirer. 16 (3): 273–281. Reprinted in Encounters with the Paranormal: Science, Knowledge, and Belief, edited by Kendrick Frazier, Prometheus Books, 1998, 253–263. Template:ISBN
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Pratkanis, Anthony R. (Spring 1992). "Myths of Subliminal Persuasion: The Cargo-cult Science of Subliminal Persuasion". Skeptical Inquirer. 16 (3): 260–272. Reprinted in Encounters with the Paranormal: Science, Knowledge, and Belief, edited by Kendrick Frazier, Prometheus Books, 1998, 240–252. Template:ISBN
Bibliography
- Subliminal Seduction: Are You Being Sexually Aroused By This Picture? a.k.a. Ad Media's Manipulation of a Not So Innocent America (1974). Introduction by Marshall McLuhan. Prentice-Hall, Inc. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: Template:LCCN.
- Media Sexploitation (1976). Prentice-Hall, Inc. Template:ISBN
- The Clam-Plate Orgy: And Other Subliminal Techniques for Manipulating Your Behavior (1980). Signet.
- reissued as Subliminal Ad-Ventures in Erotic Art (1992). Branden Books. Template:ISBN
- The Age of Manipulation: The Con in Confidence, The Sin in Sincere (1989). H. Holt. Template:ISBN
See also
Further reading
- The Secret Sales Pitch: An Overview of Subliminal Advertising (2004), by August Bullock. Norwich Publishers. Template:ISBN.
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Solotaroff, Ivan (June 28, 2014). "The Stacks: The Judas Priest Teen Suicide Trial". The Daily Beast. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Grow, Korey (August 24, 2015). "Judas Priest's Subliminal Message Trial: Rob Halford Looks Back". RollingStone.com . Retrieved November 14, 2018.
External links
- The Straight Dope: "Are subliminal messages secretly embedded in advertisements?" (1987)
- Wilson Bryan Key's words? Or Joan Peyser's?
- Interview with Wilson Bryan Key. Source Material for Brainwash: The Secret History of Mind Control (by phone, March 27, 2005)
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