Consumption Markets and Culture

Welmoed van Hoogen

Charles T. Tackney

Consumption Markets & Culture

Enabling and managing commodified authentic experiences: the high-class escort sector in The Netherlands

实现和管理商品化真实体验：荷兰的高级伴游行业

Alexander Paulsson

The market that could be but is not: market failure as ontological politics and the reconfiguration of public transport in Stockholm

可能存在却未形成的市场：市场失灵作为本体论政治与斯德哥尔摩公共交通的重构

Robert Cluley

The dark side of marketing communications: critical marketing perspectives <b>The dark side of marketing communications: critical marketing perspectives</b> , by T. Hill and P. McDonagh, London, Routledge, 2021, 123 pages, £34.99 (Paperback), ISBN 1138587133, ISBN 978-1138587137

营销传播的阴暗面：批判性营销视角

The miasma of misinformation has become globally pervasive, infecting millions of people with false beliefs and conspiracies. This conceptual study examines the role of media in the creation, sustenance, and propagation of misinformation, by looking into the economic structuring of media industries. Traditionally, media relied on the dual product model that rendered their function of informing the public a secondary concern, as their profitability depended on expanding their viewership. Pervasiveness of misinformation in the contemporary media landscape is aided by the emerging “triple product model” as the economic logic of the digital media platforms. The valorization of the users’ data has become a lucrative “third product.” This shift in the form of communication processes takes place in social media platforms through the notion of “phatic communication,” a concept that has been underexplored by media and consumer studies literature so far.

Nikhilesh Dholakia

Aras Ozgun

Deniz Atik

The miasma of misinformation: a social analysis of media, markets, and manipulation

错误信息的迷雾：媒体、市场与操纵的社会分析

Following the institutional logics perspective and an inductive research design, this study is the first to outline the Internet of things and people as a new institutional order with a distinct logic. The rise of this new institutional logic is prompted by smart technology, which transforms the ideological field of technology and challenges consumers' self-concepts. In counterbalancing attempts, consumers internalize those "non-smart" practices that assist in maintaining the self's integrity and differentiate "Us" – humans from "Them" – smart things. In contrast to previous research describing the material as a passive carrier, this study provides evidence that the material can be the driving force behind the emergence of institutional logic.

Seidali Kurtmollaiev

In total smartness: the institutional logics perspective on the Internet of things and people

全面智能化：物联网与人的制度逻辑视角

Alkkiomäki Tiia

Syrjälä Henna

Hanna Leipämaa-Leskinen

Elina Ellonen

Critical discourse analysis of fast fashion companies' legitimation strategies on Instagram

快时尚公司在Instagram上的合法化策略的批评性话语分析

As a multi-billion-dollar global industry, commercial games are designed to profit off players, keep them engaged, and have them return for more. This article examines the design of the in-game shop as a specific context of monetization. Through an immersive netnography of seven commercial games, the findings reveal three architectural shop elements that collectively encourage continuous engagement and spending. Shop entanglement refers to the strategic placement and contents of in-game shops, commercial concealment highlights the integration of shop promotions within the gameplay to mask their commercial intent, and transactional fluidity details the conflation of virtual and real currencies to obscure actual prices in the shop. Together, these elements create a cohesive shop system that seamlessly incorporates spending into the core gameplay. This paper contributes to the broader discourse on gaming monetization and virtual economies, emphasizing the need for ethical considerations to ensure consumer protection and foster a fair gaming environment.

Kamilla Knutsen Steinnes

Architecting virtual storefronts: how in-game shops are designed to encourage consumption

构建虚拟店面：游戏内商店如何设计以促进消费

Consumption has traditionally been a reliable indicator of one's social status in society. In today's marketplace, however, the sharing and digital economies are making signifiers of affluence and high culture more accessible than ever, and the markers that denote one's position in the status game are becoming increasingly blurred. We posit that in an increasingly digitalized and platformized social and material world, the market changes and democratizes the status game. It emerges as a catalyst for adaptability, enabling more people than before to transcend or reshape embodied resources and emulate high status positions more easily. This does not mean that social class has lost its role; rather it puts into question what is considered a high-status possession, occupation or practice and propels the emergence of new cultural scripts that alter the rules of status signification. In this essay, we outline these dynamics and suggest directions for future research.

Abbreviation	Consum. Mark. Cult.
Journal Impact	1.83
Quartiles(Global)	BUSINESS(Q3)

ISSN	1025-3866, 1477-223X
h-index	39

Publication Information	Publisher: Routledge，Publishing cycle: ，Journal Type: journal，Open Access Journals: No
Basic data	Year of publication: 2010，Proportion of original research papers: 100.00%，Self Citation Rate:15.80%， Gold OA Rate: 29.63%

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Enabling and managing commodified authentic experiences: the high-class escort sector in The Netherlands

The market that could be but is not: market failure as ontological politics and the reconfiguration of public transport in Stockholm

The dark side of marketing communications: critical marketing perspectives The dark side of marketing communications: critical marketing perspectives , by T. Hill and P. McDonagh, London, Routledge, 2021, 123 pages, £34.99 (Paperback), ISBN 1138587133, ISBN 978-1138587137

The miasma of misinformation: a social analysis of media, markets, and manipulation

In total smartness: the institutional logics perspective on the Internet of things and people

Enabling and managing commodified authentic experiences: the high-class escort sector in The Netherlands

The market that could be but is not: market failure as ontological politics and the reconfiguration of public transport in Stockholm

Critical discourse analysis of fast fashion companies' legitimation strategies on Instagram

Architecting virtual storefronts: how in-game shops are designed to encourage consumption

The democratization of the status game