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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, Bakhtiar Sadjadi   +1 more
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Una aproximación teórica en torno a la dimensión social del consumo simbólico

Comunicación, 2020
El punto de partida de esta investigación es realizar una aproximación teórica en torno al consumo simbólico como un proceso por el cual las personas utilizan símbolos, entendidos estos como productos o marcas, para transmitir elementos identitarios en ...
Paloma Sanz-Marcos
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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, Tzu-Li Chen, Guan-Qun Hong, Yen-Ming Chen, Tzu-Chi Liu   +4 more
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Consumed by influence: the role of social media in shaping maternal identity and product choices during complementary feeding

Frontiers in Communication
IntroductionIn today’s digital age, social media platforms radically transform consumption practices and identity construction. This study examines the impact of influencers’ product recommendations on Instagram on mothers’ product preferences during the
Pelin Ozturk, Cigdem Kaya
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Viral Product Consumption as an Expression of Consumer Culture among Generation Z Female Students at UIN Ar-Raniry Banda Aceh

Jurnal Sosiologi Agama Indonesia
Social media has made viral product consumption increasingly embedded in the everyday lives of Generation Z university students. However, existing research has more often examined consumer behavior through structural variables than students ...
Aulia Raysa Yani, Suci Fajarni
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The sustainability-convenience paradox: ritualized coffee consumption among Generation Z consumers

Frontiers in Sustainability
PurposeThis study explores how Generation Z consumers negotiate sustainability within everyday coffee consumption practices. Drawing on the concept of the sustainability-convenience paradox, the study examines how ethical aspirations surrounding ...
Polona Dakič
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Violence in the Society of Symbolic Consumption

Ideas and Ideals, 2020
The article considers violence in its symbolic form as a product of modern consumption and one of the attributes of mass culture. Despite the extreme urgency of the problem of violence in film and television, researchers in the field of psychology, sociology and pedagogy analyze this phenomenon by the impact of scenes of violence on various categories ...
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Exploring Chinese Millennials’ Minimalist Consumption Behavior in the Context of Global Economic Downturn: A PLS-SEM Analysis Based on Symbolic and Simulacrum Consumption Perception

Behavioral Sciences
In the context of a global economic downturn, Millennials—who represent the emerging primary consumer demographic—are increasingly adopting a minimalist consumption model.
Ya Lu, Tian Zhang, Zhiguo Xu
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La redéfinition des plats et des pratiques alimentaires populaires au Mexique 

IdeAs, 2013
Based on research concerning tacos, this article shows, how lower class meals and practices spread to all social milieu. Neither social differences nor symbolic relations among classes disappear through this type of consumption, which actually highlights
Domingo Garcia-Garza
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Symbolic consumption in the case of brand communities [PDF]

Society and Economy, 2016
The idea of symbolic consumption is based on the assumption that consumption is more than just functional problem solving: products and brands have significant meanings; therefore, they can be utilized as symbols in the cultural ecosystem. However, grasping the meaning of a specific brand can be confusing because it would presume knowledge about the ...
Prónay Szabolcs, Hetesi Erzsébet
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