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ABSTRACT Using a lab‐in‐the‐field experiment, we investigate how providing information about food miles and pesticide residue influences willingness to pay (WTP) for potatoes among 407 shoppers in Taiwan, split between a supermarket and a farmers market.
Chiu‐Lin Huang +3 more
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Growth of Omnichannel Grocery Retailing and Food Prices
ABSTRACT This paper examines the effects of the growth of omnichannel grocery retailing on food prices. We first develop a conceptual model of consumer choice and retailer pricing that allows us to evaluate changes in equilibrium prices, quantities, and profits with online channel growth and alternative pricing strategies.
Xiangwen Kong +2 more
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The mediatization of ethical consumption
Over the years, mediatization studies have investigated the influence of media in numerous sections of contemporary society. One area that has received limited attention is the mediatization of consumption, particularly issues concerning ethical ...
Mikkel Fugl Eskjær
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NEW TRENDS IN CONSUMPTION IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY. SOCIOLOGICAL REFLECTION
The aim of the article is to characterize the most common tendencies that occur in consumption in contemporary society, which is part of the research area of consumption sociology.
Olga Filipiak
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Vertical Price Transmission in Food Markets: New Evidence From Meta‐Analysis
ABSTRACT A growing body of empirical research has examined price dynamics along the food supply chain, yet findings remain heterogeneous and often conflicting. This study conducts a meta‐analysis of 140 studies, totaling 652 observations, to examine (1) the reported presence of asymmetric price transmission and (2) the reported direction of price ...
Sushan K C +2 more
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ABSTRACT This paper examines how mandatory disclosure of added sugar content on the updated U.S. Nutrition Facts Panel (NFP) affects consumer demand and market outcomes. Using NielsenIQ Retail Scanner Data (2015–2020) and a random coefficient discrete choice model, we estimate how added sugar labeling influences purchasing behavior in yogurt and cookie
Yuxiang Zhang, Yizao Liu
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Dimensions of the AI Divide: Digital Inequality and Psychological Consequences
ABSTRACT Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a foundational component of contemporary social, economic, and political life. Yet, the ways in which AI reshapes patterns of exclusion beyond questions of access and technical capability remain insufficiently theorized.
Christos Papaioannou
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FOOD STUDIES IN THE SOCIOLOGY TODAY
The author presents the history of sociological theories about food and consumption. This brief description, by and large, coincides with the description of the development of the whole discipline.
Tymofii Brik
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Vernacular Futurism: How Persian Language Users Imagine AI
ABSTRACT Public discourse about artificial intelligence increasingly unfolds through compressed forecasts, moral warnings, and everyday speculation circulating at platform speed. This study examines how Persian language users on X construct and contest AI futures, analyzing a corpus of 4741 posts collected between January 2023 and December 2025, with ...
Arthur Asa Berger, Ehsan Shahghasemi
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Contemporary Research Trends in Economic Sociology: An Analytical Study of Two Scientific Journals
This review article aims at monitoring and analysing the development of economic sociology approaches, and the important theses/ assumptions, which helped to understand sociological phenomena and topics, as reflected in the intellectual production ...
Maha Ezzat Mohamed Aboraya
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