Cultural Jamming, an intriguing phrase in my media literate vocabulary ;^), is a fascinating process of taking media (sometimes that already exist) and turning them on themselves. Grassroots artists and organizations often devise witty new media blips that mock their own media.

In my vocational life, I’ve observed some examples of these on the mobile phone, where mobile media unleash the power of cultural jamming to the grassroots individuals who believe that their little bit of jamming can help combat media domination. Here is one example of MeMe-based jamming on mobile wallpapers:

I’ve begun to see that cultural jamming does not necessarily have to be some sort of radical propaganda. In fact, any small piece of media mockery could be counted as a cultural jam. It occurred to me that I could be a cultural jammer by simply walking around with ringtones and wallpapers that express my personal attitude around the city. So here are some examples of my picks in the larger scheme of cultural jamming:

• Cultural Jamming
- The concept of cultural jamming was introduced because certain groups of people were alarmed to observe that the role of the ‘citizen’ had shifted to that of a consumer. If one were to observe the habits of people, one would come to the ...
• Is Culture Jamming Effective? What does that even mean?
- I’ve always wondered how effective cultural jamming really is. Does a parodic advertisement truly make the viewers avoid the product the original ad intended to publicize? Although Christine Harold in her “Pranking Rhetoric: ‘Cultural ...
• Liberating the Visual Clout of Billboards, Guerrilla Style.
- Let’s begin to dissect such cultural jamming while addressing the tactics of both corporations and renegade artists whose billboards are another mediated message in a urban terrain inundated by a web of socio-political-cultural signs ...
• Barbie Liberation Front
- The Barbie Liberation Front was an organization that caused a significant cultural jamming intervention in 1993. Having purchased many Barbie dolls and GI Joe action figures, the group switched the voice boxes from a pair of dolls (one ...
• street hermeneutics
- Cultural jamming refers to the practice of disrupting ‘official’, usually commercial, messages–a few carefully placed words that completely change (and undermine) the ‘intended’ meaning of a billboard or subway poster. ...
• Blog 2- Culture Jamming Essay
- So how do individuals who engage in cultural jamming attempt to claim back the human process of decision-making and self- identity? Klein (2000) describes culture jamming as the practice of parodying ads and hijacking billboards to ...
• Cultural Jamming
- Oct /15 "Everywhere the fabricated, the inauthentic and the theatrical have gradually driven out the natural, the genuine and the spontaneous until there is no distinction between real life and stagecraft." When reading this article, ...
• Shopdropping, Subliminal Influence and real Guerrilla Marketing
- Shopdropping was first developed to take back some of the visual space taken up by advertising and do what was referred cultural jamming. Guerrilla street art was also a form of cultural jamming. The idea is to put unexpected messages ...
• Culture Jamming
- Cultural jamming has developed artistic as well as political elements, writes Sharon Verghis. Meet Xavier Cha, the "guerilla gardener" who makes artistic and political statements not with a paintbrush, but a pair of garden shears: she ...
• Culture Jamming: Hacking, Slashing and Sniping in the Empire of Signs
- After reading the Article "Cultural Jamming: Hacking, Slashing and Sniping the Empire of Signs" I felt rather sad. It was upsetting to think how true this article was. Television is taking over our minds. Now a days everyone, ...
• Ray Norman makes his Third Encounter with our studio’s red stump.
- Cultural Icon and general ‘bad lad’ strikes again locally for issues as diverse as Land Literacy, ZENzing wisedom and general Cultural Jamming. Although his visit co-incided with his Mother’s passing and the general clean-up of the ...