Consumption
10/26: Dan Cook, ‘The Intimacy Frontier: Rethinking Commodification Through the Lens of the Child Consumer’
10/26; 12pm-1:20 pm; Cobb Hall Room 403 Daniel Thomas Cook, Departments of Childhood Development and Sociology, Rutgers University—Camden Excerpt from circulated chapter: This chapter seeks to challenge a generally held and widely voiced conviction that posits that marketing and advertising ‘invade’ family
10/26: Dan Cook, ‘The Intimacy Frontier: Rethinking Commodification Through the Lens of the Child Consumer’
10/26; 12pm-1:20 pm; Cobb Hall Room 403 Daniel Thomas Cook, Departments of Childhood Development and Sociology, Rutgers University—Camden Excerpt from circulated chapter: This chapter seeks to challenge a generally held and widely voiced conviction that posits that marketing and advertising ‘invade’ family
Terry Clark & Chris Graziul, ‘Scenes, Innovation, and Urban Development’
Please join us in Cobb Hall Room 403 this Tuesday, October 5th at 12pm for Terry Clark and Chris Graziul’s presentation. The paper, co-authored with sociology department alum Daniel Silver (now at University of Toronto Scarborough), introduces some interesting measures
Terry Clark & Chris Graziul, ‘Scenes, Innovation, and Urban Development’
Please join us in Cobb Hall Room 403 this Tuesday, October 5th at 12pm for Terry Clark and Chris Graziul’s presentation. The paper, co-authored with sociology department alum Daniel Silver (now at University of Toronto Scarborough), introduces some interesting measures
Sarah Hall, ‘Disjointed Discourses of Ethical Consumption’
April 21st, 12pm: Sarah Hall, University of Liverpool, Department of Geography; Disjointed Discourses of Ethical Consumption The ethical consumption movement emerged in the 1990s, and is thought to be the result of a heightened awareness of unethical business practices (McGregor 2006;
Sarah Hall, ‘Disjointed Discourses of Ethical Consumption’
April 21st, 12pm: Sarah Hall, University of Liverpool, Department of Geography; Disjointed Discourses of Ethical Consumption The ethical consumption movement emerged in the 1990s, and is thought to be the result of a heightened awareness of unethical business practices (McGregor 2006;
Thomas Haigh, ‘Learning on a Jet Plane: Distributed Problem Solving and Knowledge Sharing in a Virtual Community of Frequent Flyers’
Learning on a Jet Plane: Distributed Problem Solving and Knowledge Sharing in a Virtual Community of Frequent Flyers Topic: This research examines knowledge sharing practices within the online discussion forum site FlyerTalk.com, which describes itself as “The World’s most popular
Thomas Haigh, ‘Learning on a Jet Plane: Distributed Problem Solving and Knowledge Sharing in a Virtual Community of Frequent Flyers’
Learning on a Jet Plane: Distributed Problem Solving and Knowledge Sharing in a Virtual Community of Frequent Flyers Topic: This research examines knowledge sharing practices within the online discussion forum site FlyerTalk.com, which describes itself as “The World’s most popular