An engaging, accessible history of the focus group, looking at its origins in early European socialism, its subsequent use by Madison Avenue, and its employment today in consumer marketing and politics. Brimful of compelling anecdotes, and colorful first-hand reporting, Featherstone's survey shows how the primary purpose of the focus group has shifted from determining what we want, to selling us things we don't.
An engaging, accessible history of the focus group, looking at its origins in early European socialism, its subsequent use by Madison Avenue, and its employment today in consumer marketing and politics. Brimful of compelling anecdotes, and colorful first-hand reporting, Featherstone's survey shows how the primary purpose of the focus group has shifted from determining what we want, to selling us things we don't.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
LIZA FEATHERSTONE is a journalist based in New York City and a contributing editor to The Nation, where she also writes the advice column "Asking for a Friend". Her work has appeared in the New York Times, Ms., and Rolling Stone among many other outlets. She is the co-author of Students Against Sweatshops: The Making of a Movement (Verso, 2002) and author of Selling Women Short: The Landmark Battle for Worker's Rights at Wal-Mart (Basic, 2004). She is the editor of False Choices: The Faux Feminism of Hillary Clinton.
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Table of Contents Preface: "How Would You Imagine That?" Introduction: Dichter's Egg Chapter One: The Birth of the Focus Group Chapter Two: "The Snowball Interview": The Focus Group Comes to Madison Avenue Chapter Three: "King Consumer": Market Research is Attacked... and Industry Responds Chapter Four: Viper, Fool, or Expert? The Consumer as a Woman Chapter Five: "We Ask Them": Focus Groups in the Age of Women's Liberation Chapter Six: Entertaining Joe Sixpack Chapter Seven: "Where is the Emotion?" The Emergence of the Focus Group in Politics Chapter Eight: "God and Coca-Cola": The Story of New Coke Chapter Nine: "A Faster Horse?" The Entrepreneur Strikes Back Chapter Ten: "The Decider" Chapter Eleven: Bartender in a Lamborghini: The Professional Respondent Chapter Twelve: "Who Are These Appalling People?" Conclusion: Are Focus Groups Dead? Acknowledgments
Table of Contents Preface: "How Would You Imagine That?" Introduction: Dichter's Egg Chapter One: The Birth of the Focus Group Chapter Two: "The Snowball Interview": The Focus Group Comes to Madison Avenue Chapter Three: "King Consumer": Market Research is Attacked... and Industry Responds Chapter Four: Viper, Fool, or Expert? The Consumer as a Woman Chapter Five: "We Ask Them": Focus Groups in the Age of Women's Liberation Chapter Six: Entertaining Joe Sixpack Chapter Seven: "Where is the Emotion?" The Emergence of the Focus Group in Politics Chapter Eight: "God and Coca-Cola": The Story of New Coke Chapter Nine: "A Faster Horse?" The Entrepreneur Strikes Back Chapter Ten: "The Decider" Chapter Eleven: Bartender in a Lamborghini: The Professional Respondent Chapter Twelve: "Who Are These Appalling People?" Conclusion: Are Focus Groups Dead? Acknowledgments
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