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[[Image:Ad_Council_logo.svg|right|100px]]The '''Advertising Council''', commonly known as the '''Ad Council''' , is a nonprofit an [[United States|American]] privately funded non-profit organization of that distributes [[advertisingpublic service announcement]] companies founded to improve public opinion s on behalf of advertising various sponsors, including non-profit organizations and co-opt agencies of the [[liberalFederal government of the United States|United States government]] opposition by using spare advertising space to promote liberal and patriotic causes.

:"A nonprofit organization that brings together the government, the [[media]]The Advertising Council generally does not produce public service advertisements itself, corporate sponsorsrather, it acts as a coordinator and the advertising industrydistributor. Originally known as the "War The Advertising Council" following the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, the Ad Council has subsequently devised accepts requests from sponsor organizations for advertising campaigns that encourage people in the United States to votefocus on particular social issues. To qualify, use zip codesan issue must be non-partisan and have national relevance. participate in the census and join The Advertising Council then assigns each campaign to a volunteer advertising agency that produces the National Guard and Reserveactual advertisements. It has introduced familiar icons into the American consciousness including Smokey the BearFinally, McGruff the Crime Dog and Advertising Council distributes the crash-test dummies, and has added memorable slogans finished advertisements to our vocabulary including 'Friends don't let friends drive drunk' and the United Negro College Fund's 'a mind is a terrible thing to wastemedia outlets.'" (from [[Weapons of Mass Deception]])

After the ==History==[http://www.adcouncil.org The Advertising Council] was incorporated in February [[September 11, 20011942]], attacks, as the Ad '''War Advertising Council ran ads promoting "Freedom" which touted how certain things couldn't happen '' for the purpose of mobilizing the advertising industry in a free country like Americasupport of the war effort. Early campaigns encouraged the purchase of [[war bond]]s and conservation of war materials. HoweverThe long-running Forest Fire Prevention campaign, some noted that the actions with [[Smokey Bear]] as its famous mascot, also began as a war campaign in one ad bore an eerie similarity response to things now permitted under the fear that [[Patriot Act IJapan|USA PATRIOT ActJapanese]]submarines might start forest fires by shelling the west coast of the United States. [http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/stayfree/2004-August/000081.html][http://www.onthemedia.org/transcripts/transcripts_070502_freedom.html]

This is not After the first time conclusion of the [[Second World War]] the War Advertising Council changed its name to the Advertising Council and shifted its focus to peacetime campaigns. According to documents from the Ad Council has done this:'s archives, the group aimed to enhance public opinion of and co-opt liberal opposition to advertising by using it to promote liberal and popular causes.

:Famous campaigns include the "[I[Iron Eyes Cody|Crying Indian]n 1947, along with the ]" anti-pollution campaign for [[Attorney General of the United StatesKeep America Beautiful]] and ; the [[American Heritage FoundationUnited Negro College Fund]]campaign, the council launched with its slogan "A mind is a terrible thing to waste"; the [[American HeritageMcGruff the Crime Dog|McGruff]]campaign with its slogan " campaign. Its purpose was to increase citizens' awareness and exercise Take a bite out of their individual rights, liberties, and duties lest external or internal enemies steal them away (even as crime" for the [[Supreme CourtNational Crime Prevention Council]], extending a series of decisions begun (in conjunction with the First World War, maintained limits on the right to [[free speechUnited States Department of Justice|U.S. Department of Justice]], particularly political speech ); and the "Friends don't let friends drive drunk" campaign for the [[48United States Department of Transportation|U.S. Department of Transportation]]).

:[48] ... Schneck ... Frohwerk ... Debs ... Abrams ... right to free speech is not absolute ... prohibited obstruction of military recruitment ... [and] resist[ing] conscription ... prohibiting advocacy of the violent overthrow of the U.S. government, the organization of groups for that purpose, and knowing membership in such groups ... a weapon to combat alleged Communist Party activity. (Robert Jackall and Janice M. Hirota, ''Image Makers'', 49) *See also [[Operation TIPS]]. == Contact details==261 Madison Avenue, 11th Floor<br>New York, NY 10016<br>Phone: (212) 922-1500<br>Fax: (212) 922-1676<br>Web: http://adcouncil.org ==Related SourceWatch articles==*[[Ruth A. Wooden]] - Former President ==ReferencesResources==* Robert Jackall and Janice M. Hirota, ''The Image Makers: Advertising, Public Relations, and the Ethos of Advocacy'' (University of Chicago, 2000). ISBN 0226389162 0-226-38916-2 (paperback: ISBN 02263891700-226-38917-0)

*Jessica Bosanko, [http://www.planetsaveadcouncil.comorg/ps_mambo/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6896&Itemid=69 "Ad The Advertising Council and Environmental Defense Launch Nation's First Global Warming PSA Campaign,"official website] ''Planet Save'', March 23, 2006*[http: "Leading Climate Scientists Say Campaign Is Urgently Needed; New Survey Reveals Public Willing to Change Habits to Reduce Climate Change//web.library.uiuc." Also see [[Environmental Defense]] and the [[Robertson Foundation]edu/ahx/adcouncil/ Advertising Council archives].*Charities Pay Dearly for Ad Council Campaigns [http://www.wheremostneededoaaa.org/2007Outdoor Advertising Association of America homepage]*[http:/05/charities_pay_dwww.politicalinversion.htmlcom/?p=13 Peggy Conlon, President and CEO on Radio program Political Inversion]*Ad Council Pay Structure Suggests Overindulgent Board [http://www.wheremostneededaef.orgcom/exhibits/2007social_responsibility/05ad_council/ad_council_pay_2148 Advertising Council Retrospective] on aef.htmlcom*[http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=adcouncil Ad Council's YouTube listing][[Category:Advertisingorganizations]][[Category:OrganizationsNon-profit organizations]][[Category:Public service announcements]][[Category:Companies established in 1942]][[Category:Propaganda in the United States]]