Culture-jamming is essentially a social movement; culture-jamming "aims to the mental environment from the powerful grip of market-structured consciousness by reclaiming airwaves and public spaces to propagate ideas instead of plugging products" (Bordwell). I think culture-jamming is an interesting concept. I agree with the fact that our society is highly consumer driven, and that advertisements are becoming increasingly present almost everywhere. I also agree that people are walking advertisements. Nearly everything we use or wear has a logo now and which is brilliant yet subtle way to advertise. Culture-jamming is a step in the right direction in combating the powerful corporations that practically run American society.
Culture-jamming can take on many forms from organized protests to print "subvertisements" and television and video "uncommercials." It is definitely a useful tool for activism, especially in today's world which is highly focused on social media. With tools like Facebook and Twitter, culture-jamming is even more effective because videos and pictures are easily displayed and accessed this way.
I thought the Adbusters website was pretty interesting. Adbusters "are a global network of culture jammers and creatives working to
change the way information flows, the way corporations wield power, and
the way meaning is produced in our society" (Adbusters). There are many different spoof ads to look at which were pretty cool. You could also look at their different campaigns and access a culture shop which had a lot of interesting things for sale.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JajJCcUUVgk
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