Lecture and Tutespark Week 5

Tutespark task.
Definition http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_jamming

Culture jamming, a tactic used by many consumer social movements[1], is a mechanism in which an activist or activist group attempts to disrupt or subvert mainstream cultural institutions including corporate advertising. Culture jamming is often seen as a form of subvertising.

This site http://www2.fiu.edu/~mizrachs/Culture_jamming.html talks about the origins of culture jamming. Discusses the “Feast of fools” a medieval festival were role reversal occurs.
There were other initial periods discussed in tute about 1920 Switzerland and other considerations of the first aspects of cultural jamming.
http://cnc.sagepub.com/content/28/3/103.abstract, shows an abstract about the relationship origins between situational international and cultural jamming,

Random examples. http://www.google.com.au/images?q=culture+jamming+example&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=oIF0TIqnKIymvgOghtWUBg&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=4&ved=0CC8QsAQwAw&biw=1130&bih=826
provided the following images. 25/8/10

http://www.psfk.com/tag/fast-food - Article on a healthy fast food chain.


http://www.greenisthenewred.com/blog/eco-terrorist-suvs-and-saddam-hussein/429/

This next youtube clip had an impact on me as a damaging jam.
Link found on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBSIQmgKXR4 on 26 / 08 10

Culture Jamming - "SAY NO TO DISNEY SWEATSHOPS"



Influence jamming.
The following clips are about the introduction of anti-bullying gay education programs in America, discusses the methods and unfounded claims that won the rights to introduce the programs. I have no negative views, I just found it interesting.

How to jam homosexuality into public schools: Just call it "safety"!!
Link checked 26/08/10 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7MzM8ABzCk&NR=1



Obama appoints Gay to Dept of Education (Protect Our Schools Protect our Children!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIUnPoqIm08



Alternative influential jamming.

Culture Jamming Sexploitation -Would Yah?


Link 26/08/10 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp6gjxCRuxs&p=B7061476B8672DD8&playnext=1&index=23

Real Beauty



Link viewed 26/08/10 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BRJIMPxhP8&feature=related

The lecture touched on the concept of cultural jamming, but mostly discussed the association between the production and consumption of media i.e. film music etc.

Expansion on the big and small screen variants and the difference between the passive and active functions available. The active functions ,that is the easier ability to upload, email, text and bluetooth media through handheld devises and internet services have opened avenues to the populace to engage in social journalism and other individual concepts.