The Subliminal Scares
by Jon Elliston
Dossier Editor
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Do hidden stimuli pass stealthily
though the doors of perception?
If so,
do subliminal messages have any
effect
on the minds they invade? In the
late
1950s, the American public was
troubled with such questions after
concealed ads were reportedly
shown
to unwitting movie-goers. The
initial
obsession with subliminals was
short-lived, however, as the
controversial practice of advertising
"below the threshold of awareness"
was
neither proven effective nor widely
used. But the seeds of subsequent
subliminal scares were planted,
and the
notion that what you don't see
may be
as important as what you do see
would
rise again and again into the
American
consciousness. This Dossier special
report explores the hysteria
surrounding subliminal messages,
from
the 1950s to the not-so-distant
future.
PART ONE: Hidden Persuasion?
PART TWO: Washington Reacts
PART THREE: Vicary Tells All
PART FOUR: "Embeds" Everywhere
PART FIVE: Subliminal Suicides?
PART SIX: Subliminal Survives
Sources USED IN THIS REPORT
RELATED ARTICLE: CIA
Subliminal Research
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