Lonely and Sick: The Role of Social Media in Consumer Practices of Relief
ABSTRACT Loneliness is increasingly recognized as a major mental health concern, yet the role of social media in alleviating it remains poorly understood. This study asks how social media help consumers cope with loneliness amid chronic illness. Focusing on women living with endometriosis, an under‐recognized and often stigmatized condition marked by ...
Beatrice Medici +2 more
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Between gods and green: ritual plant use of traditional festivals in the Chaoshan region, China. [PDF]
Wang J +12 more
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Consumer Cultural Renaissance: Conceptualisation, Scale Development, and Validation
ABSTRACT As incessant globalisation leads to the pervasive erosion of traditional Asian culture by Western consumerism, a recent phenomenon has emerged that allures Asian consumers to reconnect with their traditional culture via consumption. We postulate that this behaviour is rooted in a self‐identity, consumer cultural renaissance (CCR), that has not
Richard Lee +3 more
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Yang, forest animism, and environmental perception among the Bahnar in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. [PDF]
Trần H +3 more
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Market Interviews in Shared Traumatic Reality: A Trauma‐Informed, Co‐Constructed Framework
ABSTRACT Qualitative market interviews may become trauma‐sensitive when ordinary questions about consumption, work, finance, mobility, identity, professional continuity, or institutional trust intersect with displacement, insecurity, loss, or ongoing threat.
Nataliia Kochkina +3 more
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Manufacturing Nostalgia in the Digital Age: A Foreverism Perspective
ABSTRACT Many scholars argue that we are experiencing the era of “retro”—nostalgia‐driven marketing and consumption phenomena reinforced by digital technologies. However, existing research lacks a critical analysis of nostalgia in contemporary markets and of how digital content, tools, and environments transform retro consumption experiences and alter ...
Dinara Davlembayeva +4 more
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Nature-human's celebratory ties: indigenous foodways and festive traditions of central India. [PDF]
Srivastava AK, Yadav A, Chandra V.
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ABSTRACT This study introduces the Paradox of Escapism, exploring how the act of escaping reality can evolve from a short‐term avoidance strategy to a mechanism for self‐regulation and enhanced life satisfaction. Employing five rigorous, multimethod investigations, including qualitative interviews and sentiment analysis (Study 1), Structural Equation ...
Thamiris Magalhães de Sousa +3 more
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Auditory Affordances of Game Pass Shelter (South Africa): Implications for Performative Practices and Multisensory Engagement with San Rock Art. [PDF]
Santos da Rosa N +4 more
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