CONSUMER CULTURE

Looks at how the Consumer Culture has developed since World War II in America. Asks the questions whether this is a good thing, or whether we as American's should maybe take a little time to re examine our lives.

Diners, Bowling Alleys, and Trailer Parks: Chasing the American Dream in Postwar Consumer Culture attempts to draw a dotted line between the reconstruction of these three establishments and the rise of consumer culture.

Culture Jammers are the propaganda corps of an increasingly active anti-consumerism movement

The culture in the United States has many great aspects. Unfortunately, the media in the United States has been noticeably damaging the United States' culture.

Maker culture refers to a growing community of hobbyists and professionals dedicated to making their own functional devices, whether it be technological gadgets, open source software, fashion apparel, home decorating, or other aspect of life.

The book (and movie) Fight Club may just seem to be about men physically fighting each other. However, it actually goes in depth on perceived problems with American (and Western) society and culture- consumerism, trying to find God, the role of the male sex and much more.

Teens reasons for wanting brand name clothing and why they can get them today.

A study of the use of sex appeal in the portrayal of women in popular culture during the liberation movement of the late 1900s.

In an increasingly competitive global economy people's need for fantasy keeps pace. Fantasy is big business, but it is also a reaction against business, against being defined by commodity culture. In this experiment Japan may be the perfect laboratory.

American society is very obsessed with the idea of celebrity. Over the past 10 years, the concept of celebrity has been rapidly changing. Can this obsession be healthy for us?

It's that time of the year again, and all over the country people are doing more of what they seem to do best: consuming. The "holiday season" is becoming increasingly disconnected from the religious themes and traditions it has customarily been associated with.

The United States is a pleasure seeking society, willing to stifle or ignore the consequences of its actions whenever possible.

In the recent nonfiction release Born to Buy, Juliet P. Schor discusses the commercialized child and the new consumer culture. Schor blames the consumer culture and the corporations that fuel it for a wide host of problems, while dismissing other causes.

From its beginnings in the middle of the 19th century, chronic boredom has reached epidemic proportions in modern consumer culture, affecting people of all ages, but especially chldren.

Greed may have positive short-term benefits for our consumer economy, but it is beginning to backfire in the form of many psychological, social, and physical ills.

This is the first of a series of Class-Room Articles / Study Material on the subject of Consumer Behaviour intended for the Students & Teachers of Marketing Management Subject in the Business Management Course.

Read this and see for yourself. Do you think that America's Popular Culture is dictated by our advertising? Or just the opposite?

A response to "For a New Thrift: Confronting the Debt Culture"

In today's competitive environment, marketers are faced with informed and highly complex consumers. The consumer is becoming more powerful and difficult to predict in their everyday purchase decisions.

The consumer protection law in Japan could possibly affect the laws in the U.S and the EU.

Considering modern consumer culture from the Scriptures and encouraging the conduct advocated by the Scriptures.

This paper briefly outlines the use of pathos as seen in Kalle Lasn's book Culture Jam.

Nike, the sports shoe and apparel giant, has seen its share of triumph and criticism over the past several decades. In the midst of all of this, however, the consumer is still king. This paper looks at the "Nike Empire" and the role of "King Consumer"

As the saying goes, consumer is king! In this paper, the role of the consumer, more specifically the buying habits of consumers, is explored in terms of the impact on the international economy and world events.

Coffee has intertwined itself into modern life while creating a group of contemporary consumers. In stride with coffee's direct influence on consumer culture it has also become the source of the modern marvel of mass consumerism, we call the coffee shop.