1. Career

2. Death

3. Criticism

4. Bibliography

5. See also

6. References

7. External links

Wilson Bryan Key Ph.D. (January 31, 1925 – October 8, 2008) 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.

In a 1990 a Reno, Nevada court case against Judas Priest regarding subliminal messages and a suicide pact between two young men gained international attention. Key advised the plaintiffs lawyer to hire Bill Nickloff, an audio engineer, to find the subliminal messaging^[1]; however, the Judge found that the band and the label were not responsible, CBS Corporation.^[2]

Death

Key died following complications resulting from surgery. He is interred at the Northern Nevada Veteran's Memorial Cemetery in Fernley, Nevada.^[3] He was survived by his wife and three daughters.

Criticism

His results and conclusions have been challenged, in books including the following:

• {{cite book |last= Boese |first= Alex |authorlink= |year= 2006 |title= Hippo Eats Dwarf: A Field Guide to Hoaxes and Other B.S. |publisher= Harcourt, Inc. |isbn=0-15-603083-7 |ref= harv}}
• {{cite journal |authorlink= |last= Moore |first= Timothy E. |date=Spring 1992 |title= Subliminal Perception: Facts and Fallacies |journal= Skeptical Inquirer |volume= 16 |issue= 3 |pages= 273–81 |ref= harv}} 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 |authorlink= |last= Pratkanis |first= Anthony R. |date=Spring 1992 |title= Myths of Subliminal Persuasion: The Cargo-cult Science of Subliminal Persuasion |journal= Skeptical Inquirer |volume= 16 |issue= 3 |pages= 260–72 |ref= harv}} Reprinted in Encounters with the Paranormal: Science, Knowledge, and Belief, edited by Kendrick Frazier, Prometheus Books, 1998, 240-52. {{ISBN|1-57392-203-X}}

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: 73-5421.
• Media Sexploitation (1976). Prentice-Hall, Inc.
• 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. {{ISBN|0828319510}}
• The Age of Manipulation: The Con in Confidence, The Sin in Sincere (1989). H. Holt.

See also

• Programming the Nation?
• The Secret Sales Pitch: An Overview of Subliminal Advertising (2004), by August Bullock. Norwich Publishers. {{ISBN|0-9742640-0-8}}.

References

External links

• The Straight Dope: "Are subliminal messages secretly embedded in advertisements?" (1987)
• Wilson Bryan Key's words? Or Joan Peyser's?
• [https://dominicstreatfeild.wordpress.com/2011/03/24/interview-with-wilson-bryan-key/ Interview with Wilson Bryan Key]. Source Material for Brainwash: The Secret History of Mind Control (by phone, March 27, 2005)

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