savethewhales376 March 13, 2008 at 11:59 pm
# 3 CommentsConsumerism is on the rise in America. Americans are only a small percentage of the world’s population yet we use a third of its resources and produce half of its hazardous waste. America is a very affluent country and its needs and wants are fulfilled at the expense of the rest of the world and [...]
econ March 13, 2008 at 10:54 pm
# 2 CommentsThe film “Affluenza” explores the way consumerism operates in the United States and what its affects are. Affluenza makes valid points on how the way we shop is negatively affecting our daily lives and will only hurt us in the future. Two of the major points that the film explored where the effects of advertisement [...]
B-Dizzle March 13, 2008 at 10:50 pm
# 2 CommentsAffluenza and Me
My diagnosis of affluenza (or lack thereof) can be attributed to the fact that my parents are from Ghana (aka a third world country). Both of them come from very (VERY) humble beginnings and because of this my experiences with money growing up are not similar to many of my American counterpoints. Growing [...]
eazie March 13, 2008 at 10:15 pm
# One CommentComically presented as a disease, affluenza is the unquenchable desire for material goods as well as the inconsolable discontent with them. This documentary, Affluenza, informs consumers about the dangers of over consumption. Affluenza supports the theory that production not only creates goods, but also creates desire for these goods. Even thinking about advertisement used [...]
cchamber March 13, 2008 at 7:21 pm
# No Comment YetIt is a well accepted fact that we live in a society of epidemics. Thanks to close quarters and constant contact, disease can spread through modern-day America at a positively alarming rate. Though in the past many of these epidemic illnesses, like malaria and tuberculosis, were easily treated with medication, America today is facing a [...]
escofiel March 12, 2008 at 6:12 pm
# No Comment YetAs I walked down Newbury Street, one of the most affluent shopping districts in Boston, students, families, young children and elderly couples alike flooded a variety of eye-catching stores. Many of the children, clad in the latest designer trends, looked exhausted and overwhelmed. Their mothers, equally outfitted, also looked annoyed and promised the children that [...]
sarah.shaer March 12, 2008 at 2:46 am
# No Comment YetMy initial impulse when it came to writing this blog was to find the official definition of the term ‘affluenza’. Oxford dictionary defines affluenza as follows: N., A psychological malaise supposedly affecting (esp. young) wealthy people, symptoms of which include a lack of motivation, feelings of guilt, and a sense of isolation.
Watching the movie affluenza [...]
Sophie March 11, 2008 at 9:32 pm
# 2 CommentsHello, my name is Sophie and I have affluenza. To compare consumerism to an epidemic that is spreading worldwide and affecting our lives and relationships was at first glance a humorous and attention grabbing way to approach the subject. As we have explored the concept through readings, the film and class discussion it has become [...]
mtavag March 11, 2008 at 5:33 pm
# 2 CommentsAffluenza, or the consumer disease characterized by swollen expectations, shopping fever, chronic stress, hypercommercialism, bankruptcies, fractured families and social scars, afflicts society as a whole. Advertisements lead us to believe that we want food, clothes, and other items that we would not have wanted had we not seen the advertisement. We do not reflect on [...]
Hattie March 11, 2008 at 12:08 pm
# One CommentI am an irrational consumer. This is hardly a surprising find considering I am of the generation that was raised by commercials. The Coca-Cola Christmas commercial is now invokes a similar sense of nostalgia for my childhood as Dr. Seuss. When I was younger, grocery shopping was a family event every Saturday. Going to the [...]