- "Consumerism is a social and economic order in which the goals of many individuals include the acquisition of goods and services beyond those that are necessary for survival or for traditional displays of status."
The focus on consuming goods and services as a means of expressing identity and social status.
Consumerism: The cultural and economic ideology that emphasizes the acquisition and consumption of goods and services as a form of personal and social identity.
Material culture: The physical products and artifacts that shape our cultural norms and consumer behaviors, such as clothing, technology, and food.
Marketing and advertising: The techniques and strategies used by businesses to persuade consumers to buy their products and services, including branding, product placement, and celebrity endorsements.
Consumer behavior: The ways in which individuals and groups make decisions about what to buy, where to buy it, and how much to spend, influenced by factors such as social class, culture, and personal values.
Consumer identity: The role that consumption plays in shaping personal and social identity, including the ways in which we use products and services to signal our social status, values, and affiliations.
Globalization and consumer culture: The impact of global trade and communication networks on the spread of consumer culture around the world, as well as the creation of hybrid cultural identities.
Gender and consumer culture: The ways in which gender influences consumer behavior and cultural norms surrounding fashion, beauty, and shopping.
Class and consumer culture: How income, occupation, and social status shape consumer behaviors and attitudes towards luxury goods, fast fashion, and popular culture.
Race and consumer culture: The role that race and ethnicity play in shaping consumer behaviors and cultural stereotypes around certain products and brands.
Subcultures and consumer culture: The ways in which niche cultural groups, such as hip-hop fans, gamers, and goth subcultures, use consumer products and services to distinguish themselves from mainstream culture.
Brand Culture: A focus on promoting and consuming a particular brand or set of brands, with an emphasis on a brand's identity and loyalty.
Mass Culture: A focus on producing and consuming popular and widely distributed media, such as television, film, and music.
Youth Culture: A focus on the unique desires and behaviors of young people, with an emphasis on fashion, music, and other markers of identity.
Socioeconomic Culture: A focus on the consumption patterns associated with different levels of income, such as luxury or discount shopping.
Subcultural Culture: A focus on the consumption behaviors and styles associated with particular subcultures, such as punk or goth.
Identity Culture: A focus on consuming products and services that reflect and reinforce individual identities, such as lifestyle choices or political affiliations.
- "Consumerism has historically existed in many societies, with modern consumerism originating in Western Europe before the Industrial Revolution and becoming widespread around 1900."
- "In 1899, a book on consumerism published by Thorstein Veblen, called The Theory of the Leisure Class, examined the widespread values and economic institutions emerging along with the widespread 'leisure time' at the beginning of the 20th century."
- "Veblen 'views the activities and spending habits of this leisure class in terms of conspicuous and vicarious consumption and waste. Both relate to the display of status and not to functionality or usefulness.'"
- "Experts often assert that consumerism has physical limits, such as growth imperative and overconsumption, which have larger impacts on the environment, including direct effects like overexploitation of natural resources or large amounts of waste from disposable goods, and larger effects like climate change."
- "Consumerism has physical limits, such as growth imperative and overconsumption, which have larger impacts on the environment, including direct effects like overexploitation of natural resources."
- "Consumerism has physical limits, such as growth imperative and overconsumption, which have larger impacts on the environment, including direct effects like [...] large amounts of waste from disposable goods."
- "Consumerism has physical limits, such as growth imperative and overconsumption, which have larger impacts on the environment, including [...] larger effects like climate change."
- "Consumerism has been widely criticized by both individuals who choose other ways of participating in the economy [...] and experts evaluating the effects of modern capitalism on the world."
- "Experts often assert that consumerism has physical limits, such as growth imperative and overconsumption, which have larger impacts on the environment."
- "Similarly, some research and criticism focuses on the sociological effects of consumerism, such as reinforcement of class barriers and creation of inequalities."
- "Veblen 'views the activities and spending habits of this leisure class in terms of conspicuous and vicarious consumption and waste."
- "In an abstract sense, it is the consideration that the free choice of consumers should strongly orient the choice by manufacturers of what is produced and how, and therefore orient the economic organization of a society."
- "Consumerism has historically existed in many societies, with modern consumerism originating in Western Europe before the Industrial Revolution and becoming widespread around 1900."
- "In 1899, a book on consumerism published by Thorstein Veblen, called The Theory of the Leisure Class, examined the widespread values and economic institutions emerging along with the widespread 'leisure time' at the beginning of the 20th century."
- "Consumerism is a social and economic order in which the goals of many individuals include the acquisition of goods and services beyond those that are necessary for survival or for traditional displays of status."
- "Similarly, some research and criticism focuses on the sociological effects of consumerism, such as reinforcement of class barriers and creation of inequalities."
- "In an abstract sense, it is the consideration that the free choice of consumers should strongly orient the choice by manufacturers of what is produced and how."
- "Veblen 'views the activities and spending habits of this leisure class in terms of conspicuous and vicarious consumption and waste."
- "Consumerism has been widely criticized by both individuals who choose other ways of participating in the economy [...] and experts evaluating the effects of modern capitalism on the world."