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Sociological Analysis of Consumption Practices as an Indicator of Social Differentiation [PDF]
, 2022 Zuhal Çiçek
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Working to consume: consumers as the missing link in the division of labour [PDF]
, 2013 This paper argues that the work of consumers is a significant and constantly developing field of work, and proposes a conceptual framework for understanding consumption work as part of the division of labour. The labour associated with consumption is not
Glucksmann, MA
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The double bind of beauty work
Consumer Psychology Review, EarlyView.Abstract Despite marketing's influence on beauty standards, beauty work, defined as practices performed to enhance physical appearance, is underexplored in marketing. We review existing research and introduce a conceptual framework around a central tension: Consumers are pressured to alter their bodies to meet societally enforced beauty standards, yet ...
Rosanna K. Smith +2 more
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Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Volume 76, Issue 4, Page 649-664, April 2025.Abstract Many theories of human information behavior (HIB) assume that information objects are in text document format. This paper argues four important HIB theories are insufficient for describing users' search strategies for data because of assumptions about the attributes of objects that users seek.
Anthony J. Million +3 more
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A Sociological Study on Hookah Consumption Among the Youth of Shiraz [PDF]
, 2022 Sedighe Alborzi +2 more
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Creative Destruction and Cultural Lag in the Digital Age [PDF]
, 2020 Recently, there has been renewed interest in the two ideas of \u201ccreative destruction\u201d and \u201ccultural lag\u201d both brought together in this article to analyze cutting-edge changes in the digital world, especially as they relate to ...
Degli Esposti, Piergiorgio +1 more
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Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.Abstract This review examines the role of open citations in fostering transparency, reproducibility, and accessibility in scholarly communication. Through a critical synthesis of diverse sources—articles, proceedings, presentations, datasets, and blog posts—it explores the motivations behind citing, the evolving meanings of citations, and key ...
Zehra Taşkın
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Not just old and sick - the 'will to health' in later life [PDF]
, 2009 The end of the ‘Golden Age’ of welfare capitalism in the 1970s was the prelude to a period of greater individualisation within societies and was accompanied by an increase in the importance of consumption as a way of organising social relations.
Higgs, P +3 more
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Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.Abstract This chapter examines the contours of the religious and spiritual information experiences subfield through a review and content analysis of selected contributions from the past two decades in both information science and related fields. The research question that guides this review is: How have spirituality and religion been conceptualized in ...
Nadia Caidi +4 more
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Nostalgic Consumption: Sociological Analysis [PDF]
Журнал институциональных исследований, 2016 The presented paper focuses on the phenomena of «commercialization of nostalgia» which is defined as the use of Soviet attributes, symbols and artefacts in promotion and branding of contemporary market goods. What can be evident for any observer and what
Kusimova Tamara, B., Shmidt Maya, A.
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