Culture jamming
Culture Jamming (kʌltʃər dʒæmɪŋ) is a form of protest used by many anti-consumerist social movements to disrupt or subvert media culture and its mainstream cultural institutions, including corporate advertising. It attempts to "jam" these cultural codes, often by turning them against themselves.
Etymology
The term was coined in 1984 by the band Negativland, with the release of their album JamCon'84. The word "jamming" refers to the practice of interrupting radio broadcasts or cluttering them with noise and interference, while "culture" refers to the dominant cultural processes in society.
Related Terms
- Subvertising: A portmanteau of subvert and advertising, refers to the practice of making spoofs or parodies of corporate and political advertisements.
- Detournement: A technique developed in the 1950s by the Letterist International, and later adapted by the Situationist International (SI), that was defined in the SI's inaugural 1958 journal as "[t]he integration of present or past artistic productions into a superior construction of a milieu."
- Hacktivism: The use of technology to promote a political agenda or a social change.
- Media Activism: The use of media and communication technologies for social and political movements.
See Also
References
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Culture jamming
- Wikipedia's article - Culture jamming
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