culture jamming

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culture jamming

(Sociology) (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a form of political and social activism which, by means of fake adverts, hoax news stories, pastiches of company logos and product labels, computer hacking, etc., draws attention to and at the same time subverts the power of the media, governments, and large corporations to control and distort the information that they give to the public in order to promote consumerism, militarism, etc.

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No references found			However, the existence of Internet sites by youth groups such as Adbusters dispute this claim of apathy by demonstrating the emergence of a new 'postmodern' form of (cultural) politics, culture jamming, which attempts to affect and change public opinion by playing with existing culture through techniques such as irony and parody. The circulation of ideas by Hoe, Sufern / Traffic (Parkville) The Billboard Liberation Front, a California-based group is one example of culture jamming that received decent press coverage as well as Adbusters' own creative campaigns to "uncool megacorporations. Air raid: countering advertising carpet-bombing by Casey, Natasha / St. Louis Journalism Review Examples of culture jamming mentioned include using corporate-sponsored computers at school to rework and parody corporate advertisements. Consuming children: Education-entertainment-advertising by Lewis, Tania / Australian Journal of Education			cultivated land cultivated parsnip cultivated plant cultivated rice cultivated strawberry cultivation cultivator cultrate Cultriform Cultrivorous Culturable cultural cultural anthropologist cultural anthropology cultural attache cultural lag cultural movement Cultural Revolution culturally culturati culture culture area culture dish Culture features Culture fluid culture jamming culture medium Culture myth culture shock culture vulture culture-free test cultured cultured pearl Cultureless culturist cultus Cultus cod culver Culver City Culver's physic Culver's root Culverhouse culverin Culverkey Culvers physic Culvers root culvert Culvertail Culvertailed Culzean Castle cum			Culture Collection of Microorganisms from Extreme Environments Culture Collection, University of Göteborg culture community Culture Conflict culture contact Culture Day culture dish Culture Environnement Médias Culture et Loisirs à Thorigny Culture et Loisirs de Leuville Culture et Politique Arabes Culture Fair Numerical & Spatial Exam Culture features Culture Filtrate Protein Extract Culture Finance North West Culture fluid Culture for Development Culture Free Self Esteem Inventory Culture hero Culture heroes Culture in the Workplace Questionnaire Culture Is Not Optional culture jammer culture jammers culture jamming Culture Loisir Accueil et Animation en Chinonais Culture Loisirs Entraide Voyages Culture Loisirs Orvault culture medium culture medium culture medium culture medium Culture myth Culture Northern Ireland Culture of apple Culture of apple Culture of apple Culture of apricot Culture of apricot Culture of apricot Culture of azalea Culture of azalea Culture of azalea Culture of blackberry Culture of blackberry Culture of blackberry Culture of bulbs Culture of bulbs Culture of bulbs Culture of cabbage Culture of cabbage Culture of cabbage Culture of Canada Culture of Catalonia Culture of Catalonia

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