Essays on Consumerism

We are living in a world where it is more important to own an iPhone 11, than to have a plate of food in our homes. Lars Eighner and Anna Quindlen have both written personal essays about consumerism and materialism. In Eigner’s personal essay “On…

The Gap, Inc. is a worldwide apparel retail company. The company offers products for men, women, and children in the departments of apparel, accessories, and personal care. The company has 6 brands: Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic, Athleta, Intermix, and Hill City. Their apparels include…

What is Consumer Ethnocentrism? The more general concept of ethnocentrism stems from ethnocentrism of consumers. Ethnocentric individuals see their group as being superior to others. From their own perspective, they view other groups and decide to reject different groups and accept similar ones. Ethnocentrism of…

Introduction From first glance, American society during the mid-1900s was one of a new found creativity and pop culture. After the struggles of the Great Depression and World War II in the 1930s and 1940s, people in the U.S. found a relief in the new…

New Type of Culture Born in 1928, most of Andy Warhol’s adult life was spent during the years of an economic bomb and the growing cultural of mass production and consumerism. After World War II, the way production was conducted changed forever with faster and…

We all want big paychecks, big cars & big houses. We want everything and we want it more, but have you ever thought what the limit is? Where it all stops? What is the end? How much is enough? Let me start answering this profound…

Herbert Marcuse, a renowned German-American philosopher, sociologist and political theorist, had produced a multitude of essays and theses that reflect on his perception of the world he’s experienced. Marcuse was an avid supporter of the left in politics and he often criticised capitalism in his…

Background Due to technology advancement, it had revolutionised the way information is presented to us. Now, we rely heavily on digital media social platform such as Facebook and Instagram for information. As such, there is tremendous amount of information being shared on social media platforms….

The average American sees or hears 4,000-plus ads per day” (Sanders). Every day millions of people are on some form of social media, such as Facebook or Instagram, and they often see advertisements that typically persuade that person to buy one of the latest gadgets….

Daily people come back home drained, exhausted from work. Students are arriving back from a lengthy day at school, only because they need to do well to get a job.A job is required in order to sustain people’s expenditure. They work, to spend money, only…