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049 _aAlfaisal Main Library
050 0 0 _aHF5415
_b.E447 2025
100 1 _aEinstein, Mara,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aHoodwinked :
_bhow marketers use the same tactics as cults /
_cMara Einstein, PH.D ; foreword by Douglas Rushkoff.
260 _c2025
264 1 _aEssex, CT :
_bPrometheus Books,
_c2025
300 _a263 pages
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction: here a cult, there a cult, everywhere a cult cult -- Section 1: the cult and marketing landscape -- The cult trap -- Cult-y brands and branded cults -- The college cult: a case study -- Section 2: multilevel marketing: the canary in the cult and marketing coalmine -- MLMs are pyramid schemes, aka cults -- Aunt Susie got sucked in by the marketing...And the "hey hun" -- How to become an ex-MLMer -- Section 3: influencers as "cult lite" -- Influencers mutate from content creators to cult brands -- Getting hooked on an influencer...and what they're selling -- From skincare to coaching to cryptocurrency -- Section 4: from "cult lite" influencers to social media extremism -- Algorithms & "anger" fuel influencer extremism -- Religion meets online extremism -- Climbing out of the online rabbit hole.
520 _a"Combining industry interviews, advertising campaign analysis, and business and scholarly research, Hoodwinked offers an insider's view into how marketers co-opt our emotions in the name of corporate profits. Armed with this information, readers can learn to spot cult-inspired marketing so they can decide how, or if, they should engage with it"--
650 0 _aMarketing
_xPsychological aspects.
650 0 _aMarketing
_xMoral and ethical aspects.
650 0 _aMultilevel marketing.
650 0 _aSocial responsibility of business.
650 0 _aConsumer behavior.
655 0 _aPrint books.
_2local
_94
700 1 _aRushkoff, Douglas,
_ewriter of foreword.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aEinstein, Mara.
_tHoodwinked
_dEssex, CT : Prometheus Books, [2025]
_z9781493086153
_w(DLC) 2024020961
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