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Anti-consumerism has paved the way for a "subvertising" (also known as culture jamming) movement, which uses artistic and political strategies to protest modern forms of publicity; acts of "subvertising" include "removing advertising from public spaces, tweeting to inform the city's mayor of illicit advertising practices, recuperating posters ...
Greenwashing (a compound word modeled on "whitewash"), also called green sheen, [1] [2] is a form of advertising or marketing spin that deceptively uses green PR and green marketing to persuade the public that an organization's products, goals, or policies are environmentally friendly.
Criticism of advertising is closely linked with criticism of media and often interchangeable. Critics can refer to advertising's: audio-visual aspects (cluttering of public spaces and airwaves) environmental aspects (pollution, oversize packaging, increasing consumption) political aspects (media dependency, free speech, censorship)
Visual pollution is the degradation of the visual environment due to unattractive or disruptive elements that negatively impact the aesthetic quality of an area. It can affect urban, suburban, and natural landscapes. [1]
Green marketing is the marketing of products that are presumed to be environmentally safe. It incorporates a broad range of activities, including product modification, changes to the production process, sustainable packaging, as well as modifying advertising.
That’s because the metals contained in the consumer electronics we all use are spawning massive environmental damage, enriching warlords, and even killing people.
A Canadian woman was arrested after trying to smuggle over 20 pounds of methamphetamine through a New Zealand airport, authorities said. The illicit drugs were disguised as Christmas presents, New ...
Culture jamming (sometimes also guerrilla communication) [1] [2] is a form of protest used by many anti-consumerist social movements [3] to disrupt or subvert media culture and its mainstream cultural institutions, including corporate advertising. It attempts to "expose the methods of domination" of mass society. [4]