Is civility in our every-day communication dead? Judging by the amount of political advertising, lyrics on rap records, studies on the use of profanity by teenagers and dozens of other “bellweather indicators” – the answer appears to be “yes.”
Especially if you’re Steve Yastrow (writing for the Tom Peters blog) or Richard Rappaport (writing in Ad Age). Rappaport wrote this tome for Ad Age and decried the rise of “snide” advertising. Yastrow followed Rappaport’s article with this blog post declaring that “advertising is a sick business.” (more…)
