Globalization and Consumer Cultures

Question 1

It is a socioeconomic function and cultural complex through which people, for their own well-being or that of the group, acquire or use goods and services that are available in the market.

Answer 1

Consumption

Question 2

A consumerism movement created in 1891 whose initial efforts entailed comprising a list of companies that offered decent salaries and good, safe working conditions in order to decide whom to do business with.

Answer 2

Consumers League of New York

Question 3

5 rights that guaranteed the workers their interests

Answer 3

1. The right to Protection of Health and Safety
2. The right to Protection of Economic Interests
3. The right to Compensation for Damage Ensued
4. The right to Information and Education
5. The right to Representation on Consumer Bodies

Question 4

An outline of a complex, fragmented, and dynamic society where we want to place consuming since its function is basically social.

Answer 4

Global Kaleidoscopic Society

Question 5

The communicative world in which the spectator-consumer lives.

Answer 5

Kaleidoscope Cylinder

Question 6

It contains the glass pieces of the kaleidoscope.

Answer 6

Social World

Question 7

It is where the men and women reside within their families and habitats.

Answer 7

Political World

Question 8

It is where the citizens reside and where the producers and consumers co-exist in the market.

Answer 8

Economic World

Question 9

It is produced by the process of atomization and abstraction that human beings have been subjected to from the beginning of the contemporary age to the present.

Answer 9

Kaleidoscope Society

Question 10

3 dimensions of the Kaleidoscope Society

Answer 10

1. Social World
2. Economic World
3. Political World