Sunday, November 16, 2008

Reading for Doctoral Research

This weekend I'm catching up on readings for my doctoral research. I've accumulated a towering pile of library books that is crying out to be read and analyzed. After renewing these books three times this semester, there's no time left for procrastination! Below is a sampling of some books I'm reading, that pertain to my thesis topic, "Art, Humor, and Advertising as a Tool for Political Dialogue". The content of this doctoral thesis is based on themes from a multimedia art project that I created in 2005, entitled, "Annual Checkup: Pharmaceuticals for the 21st Century". Read more on this project. >>

Research Readings:

Conversation Pieces: Community and Communication in Modern Art by Grant Kester
Principles of Marketing (International Edition) by Philip Kotler and Gary Armstrong
Consumer Psychology for Marketing by Ronald Goldsmith and Stephen Brown
Political Graphics: Art as a Weapon by Robert Philippe
On Humour (Thinking in Action) by Simon Critchley
Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic by Henri Bergson
Graphic Agitation: Social and Political Graphics in the Digital Age by Liz McQuiston

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