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Gemma Ware, Editor and Co-Host, The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation

Brandalism: the environmental activists using spoof adverts to critique rampant consumerism – podcast

Amid the flurry of billboards promoting cut price deals in the run up to Black Friday, some activists have slipped in the odd spoof advert. By subverting public advertising space, they’re risking legal action to try and make serious points about the excesses of consumer culture and the perilous state of the environment.

In this episode of The Conversation Weekly podcast, we find out about the subvertising movement and its links to a wider conversation about mass consumerism and the environment.

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