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Discovering Disney: Marketing the Mouse's Magic

Saturday, November 9, 2013: 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Bayside A (Sheraton New Orleans Hotel)
Paul McGlew , Emerson College
My paper illuminates how the Walt Disney Company utilizes its characters, language, and theme parks to mask its capitalistic goals by portraying itself as an entity existing solely to wait upon the whims of the consumers. I also explore specific structures Disney uses to increase its profits.