This study investigates the impact of perceived attitudes and behaviors with regards to fast fashion and consumerism amongst Cal Poly students. Drawing on the Theory of Reasoned Action and Planned Behavior, the research measures student’s perceived facilitation, beliefs, and the influence of subjective norms towards consumption of fast fashion. The...
This thesis examines Xia Jia's short story Six Views of a Spring Festival through the lens of Jean Baudrillard's theory of hyperreality. The story, set around the time of a Spring Festival in near-future China, juxtaposes traditional Chinese culture and customs with modern technologies, offering a microcosm of the ongoing societal changes in contem...
In the Fall of 2018, Matthew Hansen monitored the destruction of a parking lot two blocks north of the Capitol Building in Lincoln, Nebraska for the subsequent building of a geothermal system. During this period, and excavation was conducted with the aid of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Campus Archaeology Project, and 12 features were identifi...
[ES] Este Trabajo de fin de grado (TFG) tiene como objetivo investigar el caso de los televisores y monitores de tubo de rayos catódicos o CRT en sus siglas en inglés como un ejemplo de tecnología que fue remplazada por otra nueva y dejó la anterior obsoleta a ojos del consumidor y la industria. La motivación de este TFG se basa en mi propia experi...
BACKGROUND: Digitization (using novel digital tools and strategies) and consumerism (taking a consumer-oriented approach) are increasingly commonplace in clinical trials, but the implications of these changes are not well described. METHODS: We assembled a group of trial experts from academia, industry, non-profit, and government to discuss implica...
According to Henri Lefebvre (1991, p.341), ‘’the commodity is a thing: it is in space and occupies a location. The commodity world brings certain attitudes towards space, certain actions upon space, and even a certain concept of space.’’ So, a commodity and its consumption create a consumerist space. Consumerist spaces are designed to encourage con...
Le bien-être équin ne peut être simplement réduit ni à une déclinaison du bien-être animal, ni à une émanation du courant d’idées animaliste. Il n’est pas non plus réductible à une problématique scientifique ou réglementaire. Certes, certains discours sur le bien-être équin contribuent à remettre en question l’utilisation des chevaux. Mais les disc...
Published in Politics in Central Europe
Since the opening of its first restaurant in a communist country, which was Yugoslavia, not only is the huge success of the U.S. franchise something that was merely not supposed to happen, but ‘consuming McDonald’s’ has left its mark on the post ‑Yugoslav identity building process. Our central argument is that the singularity of the ‘McDonaldizatio...
The current scientific and technological development, which has made it possible to increase life span in healthy conditions, has led to a reconfiguration of life and old age. This has raised new questions about the meaning of this extended life. The article analyzes how, through youthfulness and consumerism, the ideal of eternal youth has been ent...
At the height of his career, Keith Haring sought to visualize his philosophy, “art for everyone.” This paper aims to focus on his philosophy and artistic message through the establishment of the iconic Pop Shop. The artist-run store is a testament to his philosophy of democratizing art. Situated at the epicenter of New York City’s vibrant art scene...
