TY - BOOK AU - Messaris,Paul TI - Visual persuasion: the role of images in advertising SN - 0803972466 (pbk. : alk. paper) PY - 1997/// CY - Thousand Oaks, London, New Delhi PB - Sage Publications KW - Advertising KW - Psychological aspects KW - Visual communication KW - Commercial art N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-288) and index; A theory of images in advertising. Image as simulated reality. Pictures and reality -- Visual form and style -- Can pictures bridge cultures? Image as evidence. Visual truth, visual lies. Image as implied selling proposition. Editing and montage -- Showing the unspoken -- Epilogue : ethics of visual persuasion ER -