What it Says-What it Means

What's the difference between what people, or things created by people,say and what they mean? Why is that difference often so great? This blog about media,the psychology of consumer behaviour, visual communications,and the strange cultural history of advertising will investigate what things say and what they mean and what that says about the strange strange world that is us.

Monday, April 20, 2009

Screw Earth Day- "Stop wearing pants. Take a chance!"

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Screw Earth Day? April 22 is Earth Day, a day that helped launch the modern environmental movement. But what does it mean if people only hug...
Friday, April 17, 2009

Adbusters One Flag Competition

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Adbusters challenged designers everywhere to create a flag that embodies the idea of global citizenship. Here's the winner by Marc Arro...
Thursday, April 16, 2009

Dominos -Felony charges for teen employees who fart on pizzas?

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I think we have all heard what happens when teens working in fast food restaurants meet food. It isn't pretty. But it isn't everyday...
Saturday, April 11, 2009

Sponge Bob Get Out of My Pants!

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As I was fast forwarding through a PVR'd show I almost did a spit take with my tea when I saw this Burger King Sponge Bob commercial. I...
Thursday, April 9, 2009

Sham Wow + Catholic Church=???

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Just in time for Easter. Get clean from the inside out? Interesting how the priests are scheduled to hear confession in Prime Time. Who need...
Monday, April 6, 2009

Snap Crackle..Kaboom -JWT Chicago

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After 118 years JWT is closing its Chicago office. In its heyday this division of JWT had over 800 employees. In 2007 they lost their larges...
Sunday, April 5, 2009

Feminism and Household Appliances- Say What?

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The Vatican Newspaper reported last month that women owe their liberation more to washing machines than to the pill or the right to work. An...
Friday, April 3, 2009

The Twitchiker- It's a Nice World After all!

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Can a guy using only twitter and depending on the goodness of other twitterers travel 11,000 miles around the world without spending a pen...
Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Improv Everywhere -Best Funeral Ever?

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Now I love Improv Everywhere. I love Frozen in Grand Central Station, and I love when they all dressed in Khaki pants and blue T-shirts and ...
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