1/04/2016

Adbusting

Adbusting / Subvertising / Culture jamming



Adbusting

The act of destroying or altering a billboard or other large obnoxious advertisement. Often done for the purpose of limiting rampant consumerism.


   Subvertising

The practice of making parodies of corporate and political advertisements in order to make an ironic statement.

  • Also used by political campaigners (offending opponents, gaining support)


≈   Culture jamming

The tactic is used by many anti-consumerist social movements to disrupt media culture and its mainstream cultural institutions, including corporate advertising.


  • Possibility to voice one’s opinion/answer to the advertisement
  • Changing the message of the advertisement into anti-corporation, anti-consumer, anti- materialism and anti-advertising statements
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