Posts Tagged ‘marketing’

Has Disney Always Been This Creepy?

Monday, March 30th, 2009

The same machine that made Britney Spears made Miley Cyrus. When mass media present famous underage girls in a sexual context, it’s commerce; when teenage girls take nude photos of themselves, it’s child pornography. The same mass media that is complicit in this form of human exploitation was also complicit in the housing bubble, the Iraq War, and the tech bubble. Advertising is an odd industry: there are huge profits, but almost no capital; advertising firms don’t (literally) own printing presses, newspapers, television stations, retail outlets, or the like. They do however own lots of catchy phrases and stylized images…

creepy advertisement for disney product

Human Animal or Object

Sunday, February 8th, 2009

Brand your self. Market your skills. Act like a statistic and see your self as an object.

brand yourself

One Billion Hindus Can’t Be Wrong

Sunday, January 18th, 2009

According to The Media Monopoly, the best means by which to procure vegetables and leafy greens is to visit your local McDonald’s today.

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Marketing Politics

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

I made my fortune selling Barack Obama t-shirts. Democracy rules!

Barack Obama T-Shirt

Six-Point Microsoft Zune Marketing Strategy

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008

advertisement for microsoft zune

1. When Senators’ children start pirating music, start calling piracy “file sharing”

2. Copy the design of a popular portable audio device for marketing purposes

3. Exploit fears of illicit “file sharing” subculture for advertising purposes

4. Sell “file sharers” portable audio device with copied design

5. Sell “file sharers” music from corporations that prosecute “file sharers”

6. Fuck the bozos

Psycho Analysis of Subliminal Messages in Advertising

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

Rich people are materialistic devil-worshippers who take pride in their ability to flaunt illegal activities such as tax evasion.

psychoanalysis of market-driven advertising