I'm happy I said I was lost. Thanks to everyone who has explained. As it turns out, I have "culture jammed" a number of times, usually in the car, some radio ad will be "heard" and the jamming begins.
I think it does have it's place, but (as already stated) it's among those who already don't agree with the way corporate business, marketing, and media go about their business.
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Originally Posted by jewels443
We had a course in school which taught about planned obsolescence, the media, marketing and advertising that was required in order to graduate high school. As parents, isn't it our job to pass this along to our kids?
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I'd have to say that you were pretty lucky. In my schools I remember seeing signs that reminded us to buy pop from one of the machines or at lunch. And, yes, it is the parents job, but only if they are aware of it in the first place.
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Originally Posted by Randle2I
So can culture-jamming be considered a form of sub-culture in itself? While I get what they're doing, and in some of the more creative versions find it amusing, it reminds me of people who dress "goth" to be different from everyone else. They're different from everyone else, except the people who are just like them.
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This, I would say, is just how it happens. The first group of Goths were truly trying to be "not like everyone else." But like every good idea, it gets borrowed, added to, taken away from, and made into a other market the corporate business use to make money. However, I can't see them "making fun of themselves" for a few extra sells - and because of that culture jamming might not be able to make it's way into a mainstreamed sub-culture. If we're lucky, it's stay a normal old sub-culture and continue to make people stop and think.
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Originally Posted by Manic_Skafe
I think it's important, especially in these times, for people and especially children to realize the true intent and meaning of all these messages that are forced upon us.
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That image just blow me away. And because of that, I think it would help people see what these ads are really selling us. So again, I'd have to agree with the point of culture jamming. And I'll also have to take some more time and look at the different "hows" of it.
Thanks for starting the OP. I love it when I learn cool shit without trying.