Consumer Culture Jams

This Blog is the result of a Speech Communication 3310 Class at the University of Georgia taught by Eric S. Jenkins. The students were asked to do culture jams of consumer issues as a final project. The jams are posted or linked here.

Wednesday, August 8, 2007

Buy Local, An Alternative, By Christy Brewer

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"An individual who shops primarily at the supermarket will have less exposure to the indications of the place of origin of all food pro...

Corparoo: Story By a Fan, By Evan Warren

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Imagine a music festival that starts off innocent. Imagine a music festival where people can go and enjoy great music, eat and drink inexpe...

Save Our Environment, By Kristi Trucks

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Measure your carbonfootprint here In the May 2007 issue of Vanity Fair magazine, the self-described green issue sheds light on the impact “A...

The Media's Impact on a Woman's Figure, By Jennifer Johns

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According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services the average dress size of a woman is between a size 11 and 14, compared to the...
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“Twenty years ago, the average model weighed 8 per cent less than the average woman—but today’s models weigh 23 per cent less." -- Kilb...

Addiction, American Style: The Overconsumption of Oil, By Louyis Dixon

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The reason is that the U.S. economy, like the economies of every other first-world country, is fueled by an outrageous appetite for crude oi...

For Better or Worse: The Commodified Bride, By Katie Green

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In 2005, it was recorded by Howard's Brides,Inc. that the average cost of a wedding for a middle class family was 30,000$. The Environme...

Wal-Mart, Low Wages, Low Morals, By Casey Chapman

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Wal-Mart is..."promoting themselves to low-income people. That's who they lure. They don't lure the rich...they understand the ...
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Diamonds Are Forever, By Alison McLaughlin

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" (The) effect of this is to create a passive mental attitude. Since there is no way to stop the images, one merely gives over to the...

The Mass Consumption Epidemic, By Robby Coleman and Logan Schofield

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"Human beings and the natural world are on a collision course. Human activities inflict harsh and often irreversible damage on the envi...

Overconsumption, By Dan Richardson

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Have it Your Way: Disastrous Effects of Fast Food Culture, By Lori Randall

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“The percent of adults aged 20 to 74 who are obese based on their body mass index increased from 24 percent in the 1960s to 33 percent in 19...

Bummer: An SUV Crisis, By Eric Capiluto

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"Advertising commodifies the natural world and attaches material value to non-material goods, treating natural resources as private and...
Tuesday, August 7, 2007

What's in You Water, By Heather Smith

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"Some of this marketing is misleading, implying the water comes from pristine sources when it does not. For example, one brand of ...

McDonald's Menunaires, By Cody Pearson

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Consultant for the “Super Size Me” film and Nutritionist, Andy Coghlan reported in a 2006 research study that analyzed the fast ...

Wal-Mart, Always Low Wages

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"The average retailer in the United States makes $12.28 per hour. However, Wal-Mart's highest earner makes $9.68 with starting wage...

Plastic Surgery Barbie, by Heather Horvath

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If Barbie were an actual woman, "her narrow hips and concave stomach would lack the 17 to 22 percent body fat required for a woman to h...

The Hidden Truth in Disney, By Benjamin Cabeza

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"Because Disney is such a large media corporation and their products are so ubiquitous and so widespread globally, Disney's stories...

Walmart, Always Small Town Crisis, By Ian Driver

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"Wal-Mart demands of its suppliers that they sell goods to Wal-Mart at such a low price, that they can only do so by outsourcing their ...

Nike: Don't Do It, By Cindy Wong and Michael Cash

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"Unions are not allowed and whenever one is formed it is destroyed by union busters (most of the time local thugs and criminals) hired ...

Diamonds, Not Your Best Friend, By Krystal Floyd

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"During the last ten days of their contracts, black laborers were kept nude except for leather mitttens padlocked to their hands. Two d...

Have it Your Way, By Lori Randall

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"The prevalance of obesity in children has increased threefold or more during the last 3 decades, raising serious public health concern...
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