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The mediatization of ethical consumption

MedieKultur: Journal of Media and Communication Research, 2013
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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Distinction, Consumption and Social Classes: Elements for a Cinematografic Consumption Practice’s Sociology [PDF]

, 2013
El presente texto se aboca a la construcción de herramientas teóricas para el abordaje del cine como práctica social, específicamente en lo referido a la dimensión del consumo.
Assusa, Gonzalo
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Consumer credit in comparative perspective [PDF]

, 2018
We review the literature in sociology and related fields on the fast global growth of consumer credit and debt and the possible explanations for this expansion.
Aalbers MB, Akos Rona-Tas, Alya Guseva, Andreeva G, Bar-Gill O, Carruthers BG, Casolaro L, Chung RK, Deleuze G, Doneda D, Durst J, Dwyer RE, Evans DS, Fourcade M, Frank R, Guseva A, Guérin I, Harvey D, Hrustič T, Hurley M, Ibragimova D, Jappelli T, Krenn K, Krippner GR, Kuzina O, Laferté G, Lazarus J, Lazzarato M, Lissowska M, Mandell L, Matuszyk A, Miller MJ, Minty S, Niemi J, Olcoń-Kubicka M, Pitluck AZ, Rajan RG, Ramsay I, Rona-Tas A, Rona-Tas A, Rona-Tas A, Schor J, Skiba PM, Spindler G, Stoesz D, Sullivan TA, Veblen T, Wherry FF, World Bank.   +48 more
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Growth of Omnichannel Grocery Retailing and Food Prices

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
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, Metin Çakır, Qingxiao Li   +2 more
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FOOD STUDIES IN THE SOCIOLOGY TODAY

Місто: історія, культура, суспільство, 2019
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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Contemporary Research Trends in Economic Sociology: An Analytical Study of Two Scientific Journals

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences, 2020
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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Book review: the sociology of consumption: a global approach by Joel Stillerman [PDF]

, 2016
The Sociology of Consumption: A Global Approach, authored by Joel Stillerman, offers a long-overdue account of the processes and cultural relevance of consumption in the twenty-first century.
Hogwood, Patricia
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‘People Need to Understand That They Are Stealing From Their Neighbours’: A Critical Media Analysis of the Representations and Resistance Throughout the Robodebt Scheme

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Robodebt scheme issued thousand‐dollar debts to an estimated half a million people who had received social security. The debts were largely inaccurate and illegal, with the aim of improving the federal government's budget. The 2023 Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme found that the stigmatising political and public language about ...
Ella Kruger, Phillipa Evans
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Consumption caught in the cash nexus. [PDF]

, 2007
During the last thirty years, ‘consumption’ has become a major topic in the study of contemporary culture within anthropology, psychology and sociology. For many authors it has become central to understanding the nature of material culture in the modern ...
Appadurai, A., Barthes, R., Baudrillard, J., Baudrillard, J., Baudrillard, J., Baudrillard, J., Baudrillard, J., Baudrillard, J., Bocock, R., Boorstein, D., Campbell, C., Carlyle, T., Corrigan, P., Corrigan, P., Csikszentmihalyi, M., Dant, T., de Certeau, M., Dittmar, H., Douglas, M., du Gay, P., Engels, F., Ewen, S., Falk, P., Featherstone, M., Gabriel, Y., Galbraith, J. K., Galbraith, J. K., Goldthorpe, J. H., Goldthorpe, J. H., Haug, W.F., Heath, C.C., Jhally, S., Kopytoff, I., Leiss, W., Lunt, P., Lury, C., Marcuse, H., Marx, K., McCarthy, E.D., McCracken, G., McKenzie, R., Mead, G.H., Miles, S., Miller, D., Miller, D., Miller, D., Miller, D., Miller, D., Packard, V., Riesman, D., Riggins, S.H., Riggins, S.H., Runciman, W.G., Sahlins, M., Saunders, P., Shields, R., Simmel, G., Slater, D., Tim Dant, Westergaard, J.H., Westergaard, J.H.   +60 more
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Owning Home, Finding Belonging: Relational Meanings of Homeownership for Migrant Healthcare Workers in Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Migrant healthcare workers in Australia find themselves at the centre of three intersecting concerns, often presented as ‘crises’ in contemporary discourse: the ‘care crisis’, the ‘housing crisis’ and the ‘migration crisis.’ Yet their own perspectives on these issues are rarely foregrounded. This paper explores the role of homeownership in the
Leah Williams Veazey
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