SOC393H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Counterfeit Consumer Goods, Consumerism, Social Control
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Consumer society lecture 9 breaking and bending the. Because consumer behaviour is so important people break the rules of consumer behaviour very often. Many people steal consumer goods when they cannot buy them. Or they buy counterfeit consumer goods when they can"t buy the real thing. However many people disapprove of unethical consumer behaviour: the degree of disapproval varies from one culture to another, and one group to another: shame, guilt and embarrassment impose some controls on rule-breaking: Most people are ashamed or embarrassed to involve themselves with these. The rise of modern society was associated with the spread of new notions about public civility, etiquette, and good manners. Most people develop strategies to hid their rule breaking and incivility to evade shame and guilt. Agents of socialization play a key role in teaching people what to think how to act, and what to buy. Weber"s protestant ethnic has been replaced by a culture of consumerism.
