Advertising and its Discontents
| Author | Renaud Fossard, Robbie Gillett and Emilie Tricarico (The Subvertisers' International) |
|---|---|
| Published | June 2022 |
| Format | Report |
| Original | Read the original |
TL;DR — A 2022 activist report from the Subvertisers’ International arguing that corporate advertising drives overconsumption and climate harm, with proposals for regulating and taxing it.
Published June 2022 by the Subvertisers’ International, a network of anti-advertising groups founded in 2017, in partnership with Communication and Democracy (France) and the New Weather Institute (UK), edited by Adfree Cities.
Chapters cover advertising’s role in mass overconsumption, corporate social responsibility and “reputation laundering”, the spread of advertising into public and lived environments, and the dependence of media and digital platforms on ad funding. It closes with policy recommendations (limits on what can be advertised, protection of public space, economic measures such as ad taxes) and a section on resistance from advocacy to culture jamming.
What it is: an advocacy report from an activist coalition — a statement of a position, not neutral research.
Where this came from
- A copy saved in October 2026.
- Published by the authors on the Subvertisers’ International site.
40 pages. A copy is archived locally against link rot; the header links the original source.