Online Among Us. Experiences Of Virtuality In Everyday Life
As argued by Joshua Meyrowitz, in his acclaimed book entitled No sense of place, media change the situational geographies of social life (Meyrowitz 1985). Meyrowitz claims that social roles and Read More »
Better (Red)™ Than Dead? Celebrities, Consumption And International Aid
Bono’s launch of Product (RED)TM at Davos in 2006 opens a new frontier for development aid. Product RED is ‘a brand created to raise awareness and money for The Global Fund by teaming up with Read More »
The Face Of Health . Makeover Culture And New Body Ideals
In Western countries, we can see an increased awareness of health issues, and the importance of taking care of our health. We have also seen the development of certain welfare diseases, for example Read More »
The Body As Design Project In An‘Order Of Pure Decision’. Transformable Bodies In Makeover
In a brief but suggestive article about risk and morality from 1993, French political scientist Francois Ewald coins what he somewhat catchy, but also illuminatingly, calls a contemporary order of Read More »
Body And Soul. Notes On Challenges To Freedom
It is probably a good thing that the theme of this conference has puzzled me. I see this as a sign that there is research going on and that frontiers are being moved – although I have not been part Read More »
Utopia And Torture In The Hollywood War Film
I want to show how an unpleasant element – the torture scene in the Hollywood war film – may be read as a site of Utopia. Viewed in a larger perspective, I claim that Hollywood can envision a Read More »
Mission Impossible? Neoliberal Subjects And Empowerment
My contribution today has two immediate contexts. First, in an ongoing multidisciplinary research project “The Power of Culture in Producing Common Sense (POWCULT)”, funded by the Academy of Read More »
Body, Soul And Society. Rethinking Media And Communication Ontologies
It is a common discernment that modern Western societies entail a problematic division between the conceptual realms of “body” and “soul”, and that the ideal of rational thinking and progress Read More »
The Elaboration Of Ethical Brand Crises On Social Media
A crisis is a severe occurrence in the life of an organization threatening its own existence (Coombs 2007). Crises that breach the ethical values of a brand can impair the root values of the company. Read More »
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The Impact Of Ethical Concerns On Fashion Consumerism: Case-based Evidence
The fashion industry represents the meeting point of millions of people across the world, and is one of the leading industries that epitomizes the new globalized world of the 21st century (Hilary Read More »