consumerism

In 2001, Landy produced his best known work Break Down in which he examined society's romance with consumerism.

You are trying to save money, but mostly you want to move away from consumerism.

It combats the ridiculous frothiness of reality TV and the consumerism that has sort of become our national religion.

The bubbly asset prices, ever easier credit and cheap oil that fuelled America's age of consumerism are not about to return.

He said that culture is important when consumerism is rising as it leads to self-confidence and feel-good factor.

This article try to analyse the profundity causations of journalism ethic conflict from the point of view on media consumerism.

Consumerism is only one form of seduction, although a prevalent one in the human dance.

It has everything to do with that, don't you see, hijab is a threat to consumerism.

This strikes me as a false dichotomy although it's pretty hard to tell without an operative definition of "reckless consumerism" .

He was tired of his country's triumphalism. More than anything, he was jaded by the flashy consumerism of new Brazilian wealth.

Brands are a second important piece of evidence of a shift toward consumerism.

The turn of the century decade began one of transition and progress and is considered the first decade of materialism and consumerism.

Your research scientists know this and are prevented from speaking the truth due to the effect it would have upon consumerism .

Many researchers liken it to addiction, and some think it has been a growing problem in the modern consumerism society.

I don't know to what extent you want to call that consumerism a culture clash, or is that just something we have to face as global citizens?

Consumerism in this second sense and environmentalism, both powerful in Western societies, do not coexist comfortably.

Yep, it's the holiday season again, and with it comes the worst season for consumerism ever.

When I go to China these days, I am struck by how much individualism there is, how much consumerism there is.

In other parts of the world, McDonald's is an aspirational brand, identified with middle-class, Westernized consumerism.

What was remarkable was how liberating it felt to be at a cathedral to consumerism like that and not spend a dime.

Hedonism and consumerism became for Salem what piety had been for his father: common ground with the royal family.

Such a life involves an amazement at the shallow consumerism passing for happiness, all the while dealing with aloneness but not loneliness.

Because consumerism is still quite new here, the true punk lifestyle, beyond the loud music and crazy hair, enjoys limited appeal.

As a result of the extreme development of modernity, rationalism, scientism and consumerism bring modernity into the road to ruin.

The extremely difficult problem of garbage is one of the negative aspects of our modern lifestyle of convenience and consumerism.

This deepening commitment to consumerism is creating a stream of opportunities and a tidal wave of new global challenges.

It holds out the promise of western consumerism for a rising middle class, while rejecting western political liberalism.

The present over spreading of consumerism is also the result of the operation model of commercial media, including the fashion magazines.

The rampant consumerism in society has sped up the exhaustion of natural resources, and aggravated environmental pollution.

What we see now is people getting much closer to one another than they were during the crazy consumerism period.

In the mid and late 1990s Bauman's books began to look at two different but interrelated subjects: post modernity and consumerism.

Their Golden Calf is " consumerism" - actually a very mature Golden Cow with udders of abundance, reclining in a very laid-back pose.

He later became managing editor of the anti-consumerism magazine ? AdBusters, which promoted the cause as Buy Nothing Day.

The thinking of moderate consumption are aware by people after that the values of consumerism to human beings as a huge disaster raised.

A minimalist is simply one who questions the necessity of things, and who tries to live with what's necessary, rather than with consumerism.

Secularization, the disciplining of society, the rise of consumerism, the invention of the quotidian , have all brought detail to the fore.

Looking more like a tank than a car, the Hummer for years seemed to embody the worst excesses of American consumerism.

Ultimately, consumerism is not going to be viable as the world population grows by 2bn and as more countries grow in economic power.

Therefore, it is of both theoretical and practical significance to analyze the consequence of consumerism.

This mentality lives on among some young, broke hipsters who tout stealing as a revolt against corporations and consumerism.

Instead, she says, Han is a willing participant in a process that channels the disaffected energy of youth into consumerism.

It looks like a supertanker of American consumerism has run aground in the city.

The full force of the fastest transformation in human history is directed at industrialisation, urbanisation and the rise of consumerism .

With the rise of consumerism, The American society has witnessed a swelling group of industrial whistle-blower.

Neither modern consumerism nor the back-to-nature sentiments that make people yearn for rural bliss get a good write-up from Mr Rushby.

Havel is, however, disappointed that ex-communist societies have followed the west in embracing globalisation and rampant consumerism.

The questioning of the present West about subject, identity and consumerism of modernity have reflected the limitation of modernity itself.

UNICEF, a United Nations agency, slates British parents for encouraging "compulsive consumerism" in their children.

But modern consumerism was stimulating the appetite for instant gratification and irrational self-expression, Mr Bell worried.

The planet benefits from this sort of happiness, because it promotes anti-consumerism.

The harmonious consumption is a new value conception and life style facing to environmental disaster and soul bewilderment by consumerism.

No matter what happens to the films and TV plays with historical consumerism , the unchanged formula is "clearing-and-establishment" .

Many words have been written by many writers about the commercialism and consumerism of the holiday season.

Now, China has grown rich and powerful on the back of American consumerism and profit-motive driven corporate policies.

It's possible that, now that the recession's hit, audiences have simply had enough of such obscene consumerism.

I think Americans have to stop the throw-away consumerism, spend less on rubbish they do not need and make do with less.

Life in Kishtapur is a world away from India's cities, home to billion-dollar companies and robust consumerism.

At the background of globalization, the Reform and Opening China is influenced by the consumerism.

The value behind consumerism is great, otherwise we would probably be years behind in technology because there is no demand.

Saving for a rainy day and avoiding rampant consumerism was integral to their life philosophy.

Consumerism at its finest, perhaps, but phones and tablets could become as common as your single use convenience store cameras.

The Chinese have taken to consumerism with ease, embracing thousands of new products, services, and brands.

Your civilisation is born and bred by transient elements of avarice, consumerism, lust, self serving agendas and pride.

Culture Dash: to get away from the soul-numbing influence of television, fast food, and consumerism.

Despite these increasingly socialist tendencies, consumerism is alive and well among Venezuelans of all social classes.

Today, of course, Mother's Day continues to roll on as an engine of consumerism.

What's consumerism ? Basically, equating happiness with material goods.

I'm so sick of the crazy consumerism on Black Friday; I think I'll just wait for Cyber Monday this year.

Examples of excessive consumerism no longer draw envious sighs; they are now a cue for laughter.

This desert valley, which once represented the most extreme pleasures in American consumerism, now has the most severe hangover.

is a modern phenomenon, a function of consumerism, hi-tech, urban living and council tax.

We got a little carried away with consumerism and capitalism and it bite us in the butt.

A love for living well without getting sucked into consumerism and keeping up with expectations.

Anyone invested in stock markets may already be benefiting from Chinese consumerism.

As for causes, I focus on the effects: post-modernism and consumerism having on superficial reading.

I think this particular example illustrates the moral degeneracy that has come about from rampant consumerism.

But USAnever controlled the american continent why? put in the too hard basket and wont help consumerism.

You might say many who have invested in the stock market have already been benefiting from Chinese consumerism.

Mr. Gerth: The implications of Chinese consumerism are wide-ranging, interconnected, and include both the positive and the ominous.

A culture of consumerism is a factor "in an economy based on immediate gratification" .

Encouraging consumerism is, after all, the new party line.

Karl Gerth: There is, of course, no single positive or negative implication of Chinese consumerism.

The so-called new consumerism refers to consumption as the value of life.

two concepts: need consumerism and lust consumerism.

that reflect the cost of consumerism.

Finally, it reviews the movement of consumerism, which is regarded as the result and the continuance of the anti-psychiatry movement.

Mr. Gerth also investigates the darkest side of Chinese consumerism: the trafficking in human organs and the sex trade.

That's why consumerism can leave us feeling empty and cheated unless we go back for more.

USA high standard living and consumerism shot themselves in the foot.

The turn of aesthetic life has a close relationship with consumerism.

The growing wave of consumerism helped in turn to create a stock market boom.

and the lack of green consumer protection in consumerism laws.

In fact, charitable giving and ethical consumerism are so trendy that virtuousness has become almost competitive.

The survey isn't the first to point to gloomy prospects for consumerism in the world's most populous nation.

And how did we get the new icon of mass consumerism in his place?

New media and consumerism has a natural connection.

Why is the lifestyle of consumerism a source of such rage today?

This dissertation researches the development of entertainment news under consumerism impacting.

I love the idea, but the lists seem like such tributes to luxury consumerism.

On the one side we have "developed" countries refusing to have a critical look at their reckless consumerism.

The third of the four laws of post-crisis consumerism is about durable living.

Karl Gerth, a professor at Oxford University, tells Steve Inskeep that Chinese consumerism already is changing the world.

Despite their consumerism, the Japanese still appear more charitable in general than the Chinese.

We live in an era of material worship and visual consumerism.

Green consumerism driven by green faddism " is necessary , but not sufficient, " he says .

We should maintain an attitude of critical to the culture of consumerism, and, especially make the effective criticism.

And like is it supposed to be a metaphor for consumerism?

This is the sixth discussion in a "book club" series on Born to Buy by Juliet Schor, which focuses on consumerism issues and young children.

Closely related to #9 above, of course, impulse buying is the effect of advertising and consumerism.

But this latest move by the government doesn't mean it wants to backtrack on consumerism.

We can't ask them to give up their culture for mass consumerism and massive class stratification.

Perhaps we should look back over those 250 years and now ask is consumerism a curse that now threatens all our futures?

There are alltoo many sceptics who think capitalism and consumerism are destroying theplanet, thanks to global warming and so forth.

The desire of consumerism and entertainment is making more and more people indulge in social interactions and couldn't concentrate.

On the other hand, advertising will digestion of entertainment brand marketing, resulting in bad taste, triggered consumerism.

So what you are saying is that in China as elsewhere consumerism begets more consumerism?

The Double Metaphor in the Age of Consumerism Ideological Analysis of the Advertisements on Female Fashion Magazines

The society advocates ethical consumerism, so companies with business ethics tend to win trust from customers more easily.

consumerism led to a crisis of spiritual beliefs of young people, they take the "consumer Idol" as their object of worship;

Eco-labels do not directly steer society. They seek to harness market forces. (green consumerism)

From thrift to consumerism-- A historical materialism study of the western consumer culture

Some contemporary analysts see our current epidemic as a response to a culture of hyper-consumerism;

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Paper Bags as Fashion Statements Examples of excessive consumerism no longer draw envious sighs;

The Fate of Classical Literature in the Age of Consumerism

Excessive recreational orientation of TV; consumerism; mass culture; market economy;

Creation of Fiction in the Age of Consumerism

The practical Significance of Naturalism and Consumerism Represented in the Novel Sister Carrie

The Destruction and Construction of Humanism Spirit in the Consumerism Culture Context

Consumerism and Current Foreign Architecture

Domesticating the World: African Consumerism and the Genealogies of Globalization Mariam Konate Deme

mass media; consumerism culture; the woman's fashion magazine; conspire;

Parallel worlds of Western-style consumerism and holy war both flourish

Life Style and Consumerism Culture: A Problem and a Kind of Thought

Pope says Christmas' true meaning at risk of being lost by rampant consumerism

and still soaked in greed and still drenched in consumerism

On Alienation of Consumerism Society

A Discussion on Some New Problems of Consumerism

The rise of female consumerism