JREM 466 Study Guide - Media Culture, Political Movement, Consumerism

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Review: anything can be commoditized and sold. Individualism thru consumerism: counter-hegemonic media texts, what does this say about hegemony, consumer culture defined, key characteristics/critiques, use value vs exchange value, values of consumer culture. Fashion: representative of consumers culture: empire of the ephemeral . Today"s agenda: commodity fetishism, case study: bratz dolls, focus on spectualular . What values motivate us in everyday life: love. Financial security: religion/spirituality, adventure, having a purpose. Symbolic attribution of power to an object: people believe and act like the object has that power, this process of associating power is magnified in a image-based society (spectacular society, mainstream. Power attached to commodities [pictures from slide: exotic, spiritual, freedom of expression [without restraint, ease. Create new market: outcome of consumer culture, we value image, choice, individualism [thru consumption] Production orientation of commodities: how the phone was produced/delivered, consumption orientation.

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