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What is Consumption Culture

Gender and Diversity Representation in Mass Media
It refers to a culture where consumers desire, pursue and strive to obtain goods and services for non-utilitarian purposes such as seeking status, seeking a to create a difference between them and the others and seeking innovation.
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A Rebellion Against the Metallization of the Female Body: “Dove Beyond Figures”
Rengim Sine Nazlı (Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University, Turkey)
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 19
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-0128-3.ch007
Abstract
Media is used as an important tool in the uniformization of the female body metallized on the axis of consumption culture. Ads are of special importance in order for these bodies, which are standardized by media bodies, to reach every segment of the society. The beauty measures of each period are introduced with these films as the main determinant for women to be happy. Moreover, these measures, which are a means of domination, can cause illnesses in which women sometimes lose their lives. In such an environment, Unilever's Dove, a personal care brand, launched a campaign called mark Beyond Figures. It continued to act with this approach in advertising films. In this study, it is aimed to determine how women analyze advertising films beyond the figures. The interviews that will be evaluated in the context of coding, criterion will be examined by reception analysis.
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Seeking Solutions for Enhancing Social Relations and Communication in Media-Dependent Children of the Digital Age
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