COMM 3308 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Compulsive Buying Disorder, Sweatshop, Planned Obsolescence

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Communication Studies
• Course: COMM 3308
• Professor: Irena Knezevic

Document Summary

Capitals profit oriented, private ownership, labor & production. Social: power influence through social networks, eg. Reference in the summer that gets you into law school (social networks and relationships) Cultural: gaining experience and skills, eg. Playing music, speak certain language, have certain experience from traveling, specific survival skills from living in rural places, etc. Consumer society driven to brands, purchasing products, populous & endless purchasing. Mass production: sold in large volume. Money economy: relying on community, allows extract values to trade for other goods (obtain things you want) Fashion: changing trends perpetual constant buying. Planned obsolescence: creating products that will break down / go out of style so you"ll buy new ones, eg. Iphone / smart phones / gadgets (technology: started with automobiles (cars weren"t profitable in the past made cars that won"t last) Property ownership: goods exchange and land ownership. Needs and wants: create new needs from wants something we didn"t think we needed became our necessities (eg. coffee)