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No place like home? Producing and consuming eldercare design 没有地方比得上家吗?生产和消费养老设计

IF 2.6 3区社会学

Journal of Consumer Culture Pub Date : 2021-08-04 DOI: 10.1177/14695405211033662

Claire Nicholas, M. Casto, Alyssa Smith, K. Francisco

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引用次数: 2

The conflict market: Polarizing consumer culture(s) in counter-democracy 冲突市场:反民主中的两极分化消费文化

IF 2.6 3区社会学

Journal of Consumer Culture Pub Date : 2021-08-01 DOI: 10.1177/14695405211026040

Sofia Ulver

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引用次数: 4

Malls, modernity and consumption: Shopping malls as new projectors of modernity in Accra, Ghana 购物中心，现代性和消费:购物中心作为现代化的新投影仪在阿克拉，加纳

IF 2.6 3区社会学

Journal of Consumer Culture Pub Date : 2021-07-31 DOI: 10.1177/14695405211033666

Alexander K Eduful, Michael K. Eduful

引用次数: 6

Got to be real: An investigation into the co-fabrication of authenticity by fashion companies and digital influencers 必须是真实的：对时尚公司和数字影响者共同伪造真实性的调查

IF 2.6 3区社会学

Journal of Consumer Culture Pub Date : 2021-07-28 DOI: 10.1177/14695405211033665

M. Colucci, M. Pedroni

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引用次数: 10

Periphery fandom: Contrasting fans’ productive experiences across the globe 外围粉丝圈:对比全球粉丝的生产体验

IF 2.6 3区社会学

Journal of Consumer Culture Pub Date : 2021-06-30 DOI: 10.1177/14695405211026054

Vlada Botorić

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引用次数: 3

Mega-events, expansion and prospects: Perceptions of Euro 2020 and its 12-country hosting format 大型赛事、扩张和前景:对2020年欧洲杯及其12国主办形式的看法

IF 2.6 3区社会学

Journal of Consumer Culture Pub Date : 2021-06-28 DOI: 10.1177/14695405211026045

Jan Andre Lee Ludvigsen

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引用次数: 1

Book Review: Glitterworlds: The Future Politics of a Ubiquitous Thing 书评:《闪光世界:无所不在事物的未来政治》

IF 2.6 3区社会学

Journal of Consumer Culture Pub Date : 2021-06-23 DOI: 10.1177/14695405211030000

M. Iqani

引用次数: 0

Bingo, gender and the moral order of the household: Everyday gambling in a migrant community 宾果、性别与家庭道德秩序:移民社区的日常赌博

IF 2.6 3区社会学

Journal of Consumer Culture Pub Date : 2021-06-16 DOI: 10.1177/14695405211022082

John Cox, K. Maltzahn, Helen Lee, M. Whiteside, S. Maclean

引用次数: 5

Post-digital prosumption and the sharing economy of space: The pay-per-minute cafe 后数字消费与空间共享经济:按分钟付费的咖啡馆

IF 2.6 3区社会学

Journal of Consumer Culture Pub Date : 2021-06-02 DOI: 10.1177/14695405211022080

Alexandra Kviat

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引用次数: 3

A model who looks like me: Communicating and consuming representations of disability 一个像我一样的模特:沟通和消费残疾的表现

IF 2.6 3区社会学

Journal of Consumer Culture Pub Date : 2021-05-31 DOI: 10.1177/14695405211022074

J. Foster, D. Pettinicchio

引用次数: 9