Using Exarcheia, a neighbourhood in Athens, as our research context, we identify an
oppositional atmosphere that is encouraging a major growth in anarcho-tourism to the area …

We propose to intensify theorizing on retromarketing and nostalgic consumption by further
developing “hauntology” as a conceptual lens for assessing the retro aesthetic as a …

Although there is a growing body of literature focusing on the use of qualitative research
approaches for understanding human-animal relations, surprisingly little attention has been …

Virtual Reality has been heralded variously as the next steppingstone in technological
innovation, a utopian 'empathy-machine'and a dystopian addictive technology. Using critical …

The most shameful moment came when computer science, marketing, design, and
advertising, all the disciplines of communication, seized hold of the word concept itself and …

Through a micro-ethnographic engagement with consumers' binge-watching experiences of
the web-TV series House of Cards, this videography explores what we consider to be the …

The psychoanalytic tradition is split. Most marketing theorists work with a linguistic model,
treating the unconscious as an extension of conscious language. This article promotes the …

In this study, we critically examine the ongoing adoption of various posthumanist influences
into the fields of marketing and consumer research from a theological perspective. By …

We connect the notion of the consumer as 'dividual'to contemporary automation of consumer
culture. By envisioning the issue within a semiocapitalist horizon, we ponder the general …

This paper invokes Redhead's concept of claustropolitanism to critically explore the affective
reality for consumers in today's digital age. In the context of surveillance capitalism, we …