While the U.S. Congress has never passed a law restricting subliminal advertising, government agencies have said the practice is unfair and could result in enforcement, especially for broadcast ...

Flag waving is a metaphor for stirring up the public towards adopting a more nationalistic, generally hard-line stance. Indeed, "rally 'round the flag" is a venerable expression of this phenomenon. It ...

Scientists and thinkers have been studying the unconscious mind — the part of the brain where things like memories and motivation occur — for hundreds of years. You may have heard of advertisers using ...

How is it possible that you were not planning on going shopping, but that you still end up going and even return home with four new shirts? Apparently you really did want to go shopping but were not ...

Subliminal advertising first made its modern debut in a 1957 advertisement, during which a brief message flashed, telling viewers to eat popcorn and drink Coca-Cola. Since that time, subliminal ...

Marvel has pulled artwork from a recent "X-Men" comic book because it contained an apparent hidden message that promotes anti-Christian and anti-Semitic sentiments. This week, Marvel said it would ...