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Culture jamming is intended to expose questionable political assumptions behind commercial culture, and can be considered a reaction against politically imposed social conformity. Prominent examples of culture jamming include the adulteration of billboard advertising by the Billboard Liberation Front and contemporary artists such as Ron English.
Better dead than Red – anti-Communist slogan; Black is beautiful – political slogan of a cultural movement that began in the 1960s by African Americans; Black Lives Matter – decentralized social movement that began in 2013 following the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of African American teen Trayvon Martin; popularized in the United States following 2014 protests in ...
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Open a U.S. passport and you'll see soaring, patriotic images: eagles and buffalo, Mount Rushmore and the Liberty Bell. Pages are topped with quotes from the likes of Presidents George Washington ...
One of the most vivid examples of this comes from a 1968 essay, "Studies in English Literature: Restoration and Eighteenth Century", written by A.L. French. [2] In this work, French provides criticism of the influential 17th century poet John Dryden's work, claiming that the majority of praise Dryden receives is due to his political messages ...
During political season you'll hear a lot of this: "I'm Blake Masters, and I approve this message.". By now you've heard it a lot. But why do candidates have to say that? It's actually the law. It ...
I approve this message; I can't breathe; I Have a Dream; I like Ike; I'm not a crook; I'm not a scientist; I'm with her (slogan) Ich bin ein Berliner; In God We Trust; In the land of the free and the home of the brave; In your guts, you know he's nuts; In your heart, he's too far right; In your heart, you know he might; Internets; Is our ...
Gabriel Almond defines it as "the particular pattern of orientations toward political actions in which every political system is embedded". [1]Lucian Pye's definition is that "Political culture is the set of attitudes, beliefs, and sentiments, which give order and meaning to a political process and which provide the underlying assumptions and rules that govern behavior in the political system".