exist two polarizing concepts that define the nature of economic life. These two opposing views, consumption and production, have formed the basis for debate for social scientists throughout the twentieth century and, as the world enters the second Continue Reading...
Consumption Many critical scholars of consumption base their ideas on the works of Karl Marx who critiqued consumption in capitalist societies such that under capitalism the marketplace would produce a large quantity and variety of goods and service Continue Reading...
Identity Self-identity or self-concept is a multidimensional personal construct that refers to one's individual perception of themselves in relation to a number of different characteristics or situations such as gender role, sexuality, racial identi Continue Reading...
Consumption Conspicuous consumption is unapologetic, unrestrained, and unabashed consumerism: buying things for the sake of buying them without actually needing them. It is conspicuous because of the social status one perceives when buying certain p Continue Reading...
consumption a cultural context. instructions: project requires analyze describe consumption behaviors sources influence widely recognized cultural occurrence. cultural occurrence choose. Howecer, assignment easier conduct choose a context occurring t Continue Reading...
Criminals don't always need to have shotguns and masks to threat and rob money; it only takes a social security number, or a pre-approved credit card application from trash to make things according to their wicked way (ID Theft, 2004). Some consum Continue Reading...
Identity When Brian Graetz began to write about class and inequality, he opened his work by quoting: "Australia is the most egalitarian of countries..." (153) As it turns out, this claim does not say much in the absolute sense, for Graetz (like oth Continue Reading...
Fashion Lifestyle&Consumption and it's influence on identities Fashion, lifestyle, and consumption and their influence on identities Fashion plays a huge role in presenting visual images of a person and some even relate to fashionable objects s Continue Reading...
Fashion and Identity The following statement is indeed true: "Fashion provides one of the most ready means through which individuals can make expressive visual statements about their identities" (Bennett, 2005: 96) as we have studied time and again Continue Reading...
The four illustrations from the earliest decades of the twentieth century illustrate the importance of fashion in the formation of identity just as much as Twiggy's outfit does, and in fact are possibly even more telling given their distance from c Continue Reading...
A widely quoted and interesting functioning definition has been provided by Geert Hofstede who suggests that culture should be considered as software of a person's mind. He is reported to have said that each individual possesses certain patterns and Continue Reading...
These examples show how clothing and fashion generate and support the social construction of a particular reality in a certain historical period. The uniform of the Chinese people in the Maoist period was a factor in enforcing ideological perception Continue Reading...
Gender, Sexuality, and Identity -- Question 2 "So, is the category bisexuality less or more threatening to the status quo than is homosexuality?" The passage suggests that in fact, rather than presenting patriarchic constructs of identity with less Continue Reading...
90s American Popular Culture and Self-Identity Formation Popular culture is the main force in America; it reaches our classrooms, cars and, even homes and influences what people think, watch, listen to, wear, and buy. Popular culture can be quite ad Continue Reading...
Swarovski & Luxury Fashion Experiential Marketing Use of 360 Degree Marketing by Swarovski Merits of Experiential Marketing Three Ds of Experiential Marketing Strategic Experience Swarovski: A Transition from Traditional Marketing to Experi Continue Reading...
The onus of who is responsible, the consumer, the private institutions, or even the government will come into question. A brief revue of the history of the credit card is also in order since the use of "plastic" money has certainly contributed to th Continue Reading...
Conspicuous Consumption The Relationship between Luxury Purchase as Conspicuous Consumption and Y Generation -Take Designer Brands for Example Conspicuous consumption is a complex concept that requires a great deal of quandary. Conspicuous consumpt Continue Reading...
Media In a one day diary of media consumption, it becomes evident that many of my interactions with the world are via media. I receive most of my information through media forms as well. Even when relaxing, media is something that drives the process Continue Reading...
It is for this reason that one could reasonably argue that Precious' entire life, and particularly the trials and tribulations she must endure, including her violent family life, her poverty, and her illiteracy, all ultimately stem from her racial Continue Reading...
China and India Trends towards Western-Style Consumption Products that interest these youth markets In these markets, the youths are intrigued by technological applications. They lead the world in innovation ranging from mobile platforms, automated Continue Reading...
Mythic Constructions of Masculinity and Feminity: A Jungian Analysis A myth is a story that spreads out a psychological blueprint for a certain kind of human experience. The story of Parsifal and his search for the Holy Grail is a myth about what i Continue Reading...
Product Brand ManagementExplaining what product brand management isProduct brand management is a process of first identifying how consumers perceive a brand currently. Then it focuses on how the organization wants the brand to be perceived. It identi Continue Reading...
Brand Effect on Consumer Behavior Influence of Brand Effect The influence of brand effect on consumer behavior: Irish and Chinese consumers in Ireland This paper discusses the influence of brand effect on consumption behavior of the Irish and Chi Continue Reading...
Binge drink can lead to alcohol poisoning Sampling The present study is conducted in relation to the binge drinking's effects towards alcohol poisoning. The binge drinkers are individuals that take an excessive amount of alcohol at a given point o Continue Reading...
Berglund et al. (2011) are addressing in this research are actually quite old questions regarding the relationship between addiction and personality. They discuss Cloninger's hypothesis of type I and type II alcoholics and differences in personality Continue Reading...
Architecture of Consumption Most of us have probably never thought a great deal about the ways in which the typical shopping mall, such as the Galleria, is laid out. We all know that there are anchor stores that are at the psychological (although n Continue Reading...
Fashion When a woman walks down the street carrying a Louis Vuitton handbag and strutting in her Jimmy Choos, what does she say about herself? Her lifestyle? Where she is from? When a man walks down the street carrying a fake Louis Vuitton handbag a Continue Reading...
American culture and the consumption (patterns) of American youth in television, film, and other entertainment venues Mommy I want that!" When discussing how American culture 'corrupts' children, the first words to come to mind are usually four lett Continue Reading...
"The second step is to develop a touch-point chain and gauge those with the greatest impact. The third step is to turn findings into project priorities. The final step is to implement and monitor." (Atwal and Williams, 2009 P. 343). Uche (2009) pro Continue Reading...
Organized Crime in Canada Each year, the Criminal Intelligence Service Canada (CISC) creates an organized crime report to inform the public of organized crime activities and markets in Canada. The nature of such activity is evolving -- new threats, Continue Reading...
Plain Packaging on the Cigarette Market Demand and Supply in Australia The Australian cigarette market is reported to be a "subset of the global industry." (Carter, 2003) There are three companies operating in Australia including: (1) British Ameri Continue Reading...
Consumerism Zombies Culture of Consumerism Much of the Western World has been transformed into a Cult of Consumerism and grounded in Fashionable Consumption. As the Limitations of the Natural World become more clear, something must be done to Chall Continue Reading...
victims of an organization's data breach? The largest data brokers, government agencies, retailers, Internet businesses, financial institutions and educational institutions of the nation have disclosed a number of computer intrusions and data breac Continue Reading...
SOCIAL IDENTITY & TODAY'S FASHION Crane holds that the fashion of today "has several diverse and inconsistent agendas, ranging from representations that echo sadomasochism and pornography to portrayals of women as empowered and androgynous." (2 Continue Reading...
Parenting Style Influence on Excess Alcohol Intake Among Jewish Youth Ross Master of Science, Mental Health Counseling, College, January, 2008 Clinical Psychology Anticipated; December, 2016 The health hazards that are associated with adolescent Continue Reading...
According to a 2002 survey conducted under the auspices of NIH, ecstasy abuse among college and university students in general is a widespread trend that impedes academic performance (Bar-on, 2002). The NIH survey targeted 66 4-year American univers Continue Reading...
Barbie doll top ten viral commercials as of 2013 rely mostly on You Tube, Dailymotion, Facebook and Twitter. The third doll brand, subject to this study is Bratz. As evidenced from the four commercials assessed in the course of this study, Bratz de Continue Reading...
Alcohol: Benefit or Problem?Although it has been nearly a century since Prohibition ended in the United States in 1933, the same arguments that resulted in its passage of the 18th Amendment and the Volstead Act in October 1919 in the first place rema Continue Reading...
