CI 4 sociologists Flashcards
who argued media creates false needs? e.g. buy 1 get 1
Marcuse
who argues we develop our identity through the bedroom culture
McRobbie
who argues mass consumption makes the w/c passive and takes away the critical thinking? e.g. pop music is pointless
Adorno
who argued consumption is a distraction from exploitation e.g. substance abuse = escapism
Marx
who argued gender influences how we consume e.g. pink tax
Green
who argued meta-narratives no longer explain the identities we adapt
Lyotard
‘performing self’ to show off the identities we adapt?
Susman
who argued upper class use disposable income to show off their wealth?
Veblen
who argues work influences identity and what we consume e.g. functional pre-requisite
Durkheim
who argued work provides us with self-esteem?
Riach & Loretto
who argued work ‘produces’ us e.g. profession, status, working hours, norms
Gini
who argued consumption is more important than work?
Roberts
who argues globalisation creates fluidity which affects established identities - hybrid identities
Ray
who argues globalisation undermines a sense of identity due to rapid social changes - anti-global identities
Klein
who argues global culture allows us to choose our identity?
Hall
