{"id":1038,"date":"2016-07-12T13:20:59","date_gmt":"2016-07-12T10:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/domynetwork.com\/blog\/?p=1038"},"modified":"2018-01-20T17:32:10","modified_gmt":"2018-01-20T15:32:10","slug":"consumerism-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/domynetwork.com\/blog\/consumerism-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"Sample Essay on Consumerism Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"fordConsumer culture (also known as consumerism, media culture or mass culture) is a culture that developed mainly over the course of the 20th<\/sup> century in Western capitalist countries, with a great deal of influence on the part of mass media. As can be seen from its name, it is mainly concerned with the consumption of goods and services in ever-increasing amounts.<\/p>\n

Nowadays consumer culture is a very popular target \u2013 take any problem of the modern world, and you are sure to find numerous statements blaming nothing else but consumerism for it. <\/strong>Consumerism is seemingly responsible for everything from world hunger to the lower feeling of well-being among teenagers.<\/p>\n

And yet, those who badmouth consumerism don\u2019t seem to ask themselves a couple of simple questions: what\u2019s the alternative? How does one achieve the world that supports the same standard of living as consumer society without it being consumerist?<\/p>\n

The main mistake of those opposing consumer culture is that they perceive it as a conspiracy \u2013 most often described as a conspiracy of big business against people aimed at forcing them to buy more and work more. In reality, consumer culture is a natural development. There is no limit to what a human being may desire to have or experience once his or her basic needs are fulfilled, and consumer culture is a natural consequence of the society where absolute majority of people manage to satisfy these needs.<\/p>\n

If you take a look at the modern world, you will see that there are plenty of societies that don\u2019t place consumption of goods and services at the forefront of their priorities. In all of them this situation is formed by forceful imposition of this state of affairs on the part of government \u2013 and as societies, they inevitably fail for one simple reason: they are simply and plainly inefficient. Absolute majority of people declaring their hate for consumer culture are usually less than enthusiastic about the idea of moving to a society that already shuns consumerism \u2013 they desire (or think they do) to alter the society they already live in. For some reason, they believe that their current standard of living is going to remain the same.<\/p>\n

Of course, consumerism led to extreme is a bad thing for the one who practices it \u2013 too much of anything is always a poison. Consumerism, however, has one considerable advantage over its supposed alternatives \u2013 it actually works. Modern civilization, technological progress, healthcare, easily available commodities of all kinds \u2013 all this was made possible mainly due to consumerist worldview. <\/strong>To say that human existence isn\u2019t limited to consumption and satisfaction of one\u2019s base needs is an exercise in futility. Of course it isn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

But let\u2019s be honest \u2013 we live in a material world, and satisfying one\u2019s material needs comes before we can think about higher things. The fact that so many people don\u2019t seem to bother about higher things at all isn\u2019t the result of some dark conspiracy that aims to divert people from their true selves. It is simply because they are not interested.<\/p>\n

References:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Adams, M. and Raisborough, J. (2010). Making a difference: ethical consumption and the everyday. The British Journal of Sociology<\/em>, 61(2), pp.256-274.<\/li>\n
  2. Cherrier, H. (2009). Anti-consumption discourses and consumer-resistant identities. Journal of Business Research<\/em>, 62(2), pp.181-190.<\/li>\n
  3. Howes, D. (1996). Cross-cultural consumption<\/em>. London [u.a.]: Routledge.<\/li>\n
  4. Hussey, I. (2012). When fair trade conquered the world<\/em>. Searching for fairer trade: Essays about fair trade and solidarity exchange. Helsinki: Into Kustannus, pp.55-68.<\/li>\n
  5. Krier, J. (2005). Fair Trade in Europe: Facts and Figures on Fair Trade in 25 European Countries<\/em>. Brussels: Fair Trade Advocacy Office.<\/li>\n
  6. Sandra L. Calvert, (2008). Children as Consumers: Advertising and Marketing. The Future of Children<\/em>, 18(1), pp.205-234.<\/li>\n
  7. Szmigin, I., Carrigan, M. and McEachern, M. (2009). The conscious consumer: taking a flexible approach to ethical behaviour. International Journal of Consumer Studies<\/em>, 33(2), pp.224-231. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Consumer culture (also known as consumerism, media culture or mass culture) is a culture that developed mainly over the course of the 20th century in Western capitalist countries, with a great deal of influence on the part of mass media. As can be seen from its name, it is mainly concerned with the consumption of…
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