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    interesting instincts under survival that we have is desire for happiness. Our evolution has given us two meanings of happiness‚ and we constantly “work” hard to achieve these types of happiness. According to the article‚ “Enjoyment as an Alternative to Materialism‚” written by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi‚ she states humans have “two contradictory motivations: pleasure‚ which is the well-being we feel when we eat‚ rest‚ and procreate; and enjoyment‚ which is the exhilarating sensation we feel when going beyond

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    High advertising and promotion costs • Excessive mark-ups • Deceptive practices • High pressure selling Impact on society as a whole • False wants and too much materialism • Too few social goods • Cultural pollution • Too much political power Consumerism Environmentalism Socially Responsible marketing • Enlightened marketing 1. Consumer oriented 2. Innovative marketing 3. Value marketing Ch3 Strategic marketing

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    characters are affected or destroyed by it. In the world of Jay Gatsby and Lester Burnham‚ ideals and values are defined by their society. More specifically‚ theirs is a consumer-driven society‚ resulting in false values which place importance on materialism and hedonism‚ disregarding morality and spirituality. In The Great Gatsby‚ these values are embodied through the juxtaposition and repetition of West and East. The Mid-West of America and West Egg‚ where Nick and Gatsby originate and inhabit‚ represent

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    addressing the issue of economics. He attends to points such as the free market economy‚ consumerism‚ globalization and scarcity and advocates positive Christian responses and applications to the concerns he raises. He focuses our attention on the worldly‚ restless way of ‘being’‚ which is nurtured by human ‘desires’ that

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    Discuss the impact that agencies have in defining identity and status There are a range of agencies of socialisation which influence our identity and status in society. Primary socialisation is the first stage in a lifelong process. The family‚ particularly the parents‚ are seen as central to primary socialisation. Baumeister (1986) said that family socialisation provides children with a sense of identity‚ in that they learn to be part of a family and have pride in a family name. Parents can use

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    the change brought upon women from the 1920’s is self-affirming and results in positive‚ accomplished effects‚ women today endorse cosmetics and keep up with the trends from magazines and online articles‚ but are often negatively the targets of consumerism and advertisements. According to a study of women between the ages of twenty-five to forty-five in the United States‚ “67% of women‚ excluding those with actual eating disorders‚ are trying to lose weight‚” to obtain an attractive physique‚ and

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    The Standard of Living

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    English 30-1 Jasmine Hannig St. Albert - Outreach. “The Standard of Living” The world is an ever changing environment both physically and socially‚ our focus on living off district homelands has turned to living for the consumerist products we possess. People accumulate debt‚ from purchasing things with money they don’t acquire. Society has created unjust expectations of what our lives should portray and reflect‚ with ideals such as the American Dream. Mass social outlets create public endeavors;

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    center of the picture plane‚ surrounded by a spontaneous mixture of white‚ green and red‚ contrasting with the photorealistic gradients of the cabin and offering a stylized‚ psychedelic sort of aesthetic. Bush created this work to portray that materialism‚ depicted by the haunting fluorescence right across the picture plane‚ prevails over these agricultural dreams. The most interesting features of this work under the formal framework are the contrast between the photorealistic cabin and the spontaneous

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    The novel Fight Club‚ by Chuck Palahniuk’s‚ focuses on the middle class male demographic between the ages of 18 and 50 familiar with the contemporary life of North America in the nineties‚ enveloped in a consumer-driven society which lives by the motto “money walks‚ money talks”. Palahniuk explores the duality of the two protagonists in the context of stereotypical Americans driven by consumption and possessions living day-to- as a cog in the machine of the corporate world. Throughout the text

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    MARKETING AND SOCIETY: A SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OVERVIEW ============================================= What is MARKETING? -We define marketing as the process of creating consumer value in the form of goods‚ services or ideas that can improve the consumer’s life. What is SOCIETY? -We define society as the community of people living in a particular region and having shared customs‚ laws and organization. What is SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY? -Social responsibility talks about the obligation of

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