The present study aims to investigate the possible difficulties that human beings (especially young people) face in finding the existential meaning in consumer society. It tries to outline answers to ...the following questions: Does consumerism feed the crisis of meaning in contemporary society? Do consumerist ideologies and lifestyles meet the fundamental needs of the human being or do they rather induce false needs? Doesn't it propose false clues in search of meaning, in search of happiness? Maintaining the illusion that by purchasing goods, services, experiences (as many and as expensive as possible) we gain self-esteem and respect for others, consumerism can induce a dangerous sense of self-sufficiency, self-satisfaction. After the job, or even before it, the feverish, compulsive rush for shopping has become the main concern of hyperconsumerists. Under these conditions, do they still have time and energy to search for self, otherness, the purpose of life? Isn't consumerism a real obstacle in cultivating existential (spiritual) intelligence? If consumerism through (pseudo) values, the behaviors it cultivates, supports and maintains the existential crisis, then what is to be done, how can we get out of the impasse? Could the increase of the preoccupation of the society, of the socialization factors, of each individual for the development of his own existential / spiritual intelligence be a solution?
How do public actors visualize the future? Mediations of the future often construct audiences’ prospective actions, and offer insights into society’s imagination of desirable and undesirable futures. ...In the visually-saturated environment of social media, projections are often visual. Unlike their textual counterparts, future-oriented election visuals have remained understudied. Thus, our paper explores how public actors substantiate their future-oriented, multi-modal claims and the rhetorical outcomes of different strategies. Building on the notion of technologies’ “temporal affordances”, we utilize an inductive qualitative approach to visual rhetoric and analyze projection anchoring strategies using a sample of 400 future-oriented multi-modal tweets. We find that anchoring is carried out in two layers: evidential (the validity of the future-oriented narrative), and visual (the level of aesthetic realism in the image). Examining recurring patterns of anchoring strategies across the sample result in a rhetorical typology of future-oriented visuals, in two modes (consumerism and competition). Overall, our findings highlight the rhetorical pliability of visual anchoring, through which actors utilize an interplay of temporal and technological strategies to generate alternative anchoring in sharing their projections, and to remain authentic in visualizing the unknown.
Ethical consumerism is a burgeoning movement, yet ethically-minded consumers rarely purchase ethically. Understanding obstacles to ethical consumption is limited. This study explores the underlying ...mechanics of the ethical purchase intention–behavior gap in the context of consumers' daily lives. The study employs multiple qualitative methods across multiple sites, explores the intention–behavior gap in observed modes of shopping behavior, and uses an interpretive approach. The analysis reveals four interrelated factors affecting the ethical intention–behavior gap: (1) prioritization of ethical concerns; (2) formation of plans/habits; (3) willingness to commit and sacrifice; and (4) modes of shopping behavior. Awareness of these four factors provides both strategic and tactical implications for marketing managers seeking to reach the elusive ethical consumer. Understanding and enhancing ethical consumption – closing the gap – has positive outcomes for the future sustainability of economies, societies and environments.
The social phenomena of Doi Balanca's shopping behavior in weddings in the Bugis Barru community in South Sulawesi is investigated in this research. This is a qualitative study that uses an ...explanatory case study method and is intended as field research. Interviews, observations, and documentation methods were used to gather data. Structural functional theory and consumerism theory were used to examine the data. First, the criteria for selecting a noble family's Doi Balanca are extremely rigorous, requiring that it be equal, wealthy, educated, and attractive. When establishing the Doi Balanca, this indication becomes crucial. Some aristocratic families, on the other hand, are less rigorous when it comes to establishing Doi Balanca based on love. While the Tau Sama family's wealth, education, and beauty serve as the foundation for deciding Doi Balanca. Second, Doi Balanca's original goal was to fund the wedding party of the lady he married, not for the purpose of family union clothing that demonstrated cohesion, and not for the lavish Baruga (a place for rented wedding parties to the Bugis community). This research's contribution to social phenomena (Doi Balanca) is full of movement. Sociological studies are not self-contained, and in the case of Doi Balanca, functional structural theory and consumerism may be integrated to form a comprehensive field.
Female Consumerism: Intention to Purchase Online Mohamad Rahimi Mohamad Rosman; Fatin Najwa Mat Sofri; Wan Nur Fawaqih Aliyin W. Ya
Malaysia Journal of Invention and Innovation,
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The study aims to research the involvement of University Technology of Mara female students in online shopping, and a better understanding of the roles of trust, convenience, and customer service for ...female consumers. A proposed conceptual model began to incorporate new components into the theory of reasoned action (TRA), particularly trust, convenience, and customer service. The study shows that attitude, convenience, customer service, and subjective norms all have a substantial impact on female student consumers' intention to buy online. In this study, a quantitative study based on descriptive analysis was developed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 27, an IBM statistical suite, to test the research hypothesis.
Political consumerism: A meta-analysis Copeland, Lauren; Boulianne, Shelley
International political science review,
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Political consumerism refers to the deliberate purchase or avoidance of products, goods, or services for political reasons. For decades, researchers have studied the micro-level predictors of ...political consumerism in many countries and across a variety of contexts. However, many questions remain. Do resource-based models of political participation or theories of lifestyle politics best explain why some people are more likely to engage in political consumerism? To answer this question, we conduct a meta-analysis of 66 studies with more than 1000 tests. We find more support for theories of lifestyle politics. Political consumerism is associated with political distrust, liberal ideology, and media use, as well as education, political interest, and organizational membership. The findings help us understand the subset of people who are using their purchasing power to express political opinions. They also help us identify gaps in existing research.
Au royaume des égarés Gril, Emmanuelle
Gestion,
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Professeur titulaire au Département de management de HEC Montréal, Gérard Ouimet a signé récemment un essai décapant sur les dérives de notre époque et, plus largement, sur celles de la pensée. Son ...ouvrage s’intitule La république des égarés. Entretien avec l’auteur dont les réflexions ne manquent pas de mordant.
Six studies show that surface mimicry, that is a target product (e.g., healthy food) mimicking visual characteristics of another product (e.g., unhealthy food), activates a property mindset that ...induces values of salient, alignable attributes on which both products differ (e.g., tastiness) to transfer from the mimicked onto the target product.
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