Wilson Bryan Key

Wilson Bryan Key (1925-) is the author of several books about subliminal advertising and subliminal messages. Controversial from the start, the books were widely read, particularly at universities, where he would often lecture. He 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. His results and conclusions have been challenged; see, for example Ref harvard|Pratkanis1992|Pratkanis 1992|, Ref harvard|Moore1992|Moore 1992|, Ref harvard|Boese2006|Boese 2006:194|. It is probably for this reason that many of his books are now out of print.

His son, Wilson Bryan Key, Jr. (b. 1959) is Assistant Professor of Journalism at Boston University. [http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1460-2466.1959.tb00287.x]

Bibliography

* "Subliminal Seduction: Ad Media's Manipulation of a Not So Innocent America" (1973). Introduction by Marshall McLuhan. Prentice-Hall, Inc.
* "Media Sexploitation" (1976). Prentice-Hall, Inc.

* "The Clam-Plate Orgy: And Other Subliminals the Media Use to Manipulate Your Behavior" (1980). Signet. Reissued in 1992 as "Subliminal Ad-Ventures in Erotic Art" by Branden Books.

* "The Age of Manipulation: The Con in Confidence, The Sin in Sincere" (1989). H. Holt.

References

* cite book
last = Boese
first = Alex
authorlink = Alex Boese
year = 2006
title = Hippo Eats Dwarf: A Field Guide to Hoaxes and Other B.S.
publisher = Harcourt, Inc
id=ISBN 0-15-603083-7

* cite journal
author = Timothy E. Moore
year = 1992
month = Spring
title = Subliminal Perception: Facts and Fallacies
journal = Skeptical Inquirer
volume = 16
issue = 3
pages = 273–81
doi =
id =
url = Reprinted in "Encounters with the Paranormal: Science, Knowledge, and Belief", edited by Kendrick Frazier, Prometheus Books, 1998, 253-63. ISBN 1-57392-203-X

* cite journal
author = Anthony R. Pratkanis
year = 1992
month = Spring
title = Myths of Subliminal Persuasion: The Cargo-cult Science of Subliminal Persuasion
journal = Skeptical Inquirer
volume = 16
issue = 3
pages = 260–72
doi =
id =
url = Reprinted in "Encounters with the Paranormal: Science, Knowledge, and Belief", edited by Kendrick Frazier, Prometheus Books, 1998, 240-52. ISBN 1-57392-203-X

External links

* [http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_344.html "The Straight Dope": "Are subliminal messages secretly embedded in advertisements?" (1987)]

* [http://www.straightouttaconcord.com/compare.html Wilson Bryan Key's words? Or Joan Peyser's?]

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