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The promotional window into society.
New Vistas, 2022 In this position paper, I argue for a structurationist understanding of advertising, exploring the current standing of advertising within western cultures, establishing advertising’s nature as a ‘distorting mirror’ of socio-cultural trends that can ...
Dennis A. Olsen
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The Symbolic Consumption of Cultural Quarters [PDF]
Tourism Analysis, 2019 Cultural tourism destinations, such as cultural quarters, have become an important part of postmodern society because tourists are more interested in cultural tourism than they have been in the past. The purpose of this research is to examine tourists' cultural quarters revisit or recommendation intentions.
Hung, Kuang-peng +2 more
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Skylines for Symbolic Energy Consumption Analysis [PDF]
, 2020 Energy consumption in embedded systems plays a large role as it has implications for the power supply and the batteries used. Programmers of these systems should consider how their programs control external devices, and where energy consumption hotspots lie.
Klinik, M. +3 more
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The inter-relationship between desired and undesired selves in the consumption experiences of Greek women [PDF]
, 2010 Earlier work on identity, self, and consumption identified that desired and undesired selves play a significant role in the important global phenomenon of symbolic consumption, but neglected to investigate and conceptualise the interrelationship between ...
Margaret K. Hogg +3 more
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Governance and sustainability in Glasgow: connecting symbolic capital and housing consumption to regeneration [PDF]
, 2008 To transcend a legacy of slum-living, paternalistic provision and urban decline, Glasgow City Council has endeavoured to transform the city's fortunes by a plethora of mechanisms that have at their core the establishment of sustainable communities ...
McIntyre, Z. +3 more
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Exposing the Symbolic Capital of International Assignments [PDF]
, 2009 This paper explores the symbolic capital attributed to international assignments (IAs). The concept of symbolic capital has been proposed as pivotal in the development and utility of career capital.
Dickmann, Michael, Doherty, Noeleen
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Symbolic Product Superiority in the Neural Salience of Compensatory Consumption Behavior
Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 To cope with self-threat being induced by personal setbacks in daily life, compensatory consumption, especially on symbolic product, has been found to do valuable help to resolve discrepancies between ideal and actual self-concept. Conforming to symbolic
Wenjun Yu +10 more
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Symbolic Consumption and Media in Bret Easton Ellis’s Less than Zero
Critical Literary Studies, 2021 The present paper seeks to argue that consumption and media wield an unparalleled influence over contemporary American society, in a way that these drives constitute the primary means through which identity is constituted.
Mohsen Khaleseh Dehghan +1 more
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A Symbolic Time-series Data Mining Framework for Analyzing Load Profiles of Electricity Consumption [PDF]
Journal of Library and Information Studies, 2017 Electricity is critical for industrial and economic advancement, as well as a driving force for sustainable development. In turn, reducing energy consumption for sustainability and both tracking and managing energy efficiently have become critical ...
I-Chin Wu +4 more
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Frontiers in Computer ScienceIntroductionThe growing popularity of media-inspired home décor, where consumers draw aesthetic influence from movies and television shows, reflects a broader cultural shift in how individuals personalize their living spaces.
Tausif Mulla +5 more
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