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ethical consumption
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Digital consumer activism: Agency and commodification in the digital ... ephemerajournal.org 9 facts
referenceChristian Fuentes and Niklas Sörum examine how smartphone applications reconfigure everyday life and ethical consumption in their 2019 article 'Agencing ethical consumers: Smartphone apps and the socio-material reconfiguration of everyday life'.
perspectiveThe CoGo app shifts the focus of ethical consumption from consumer agency to the realm of commerce.
referenceRoberta Hawkins and Nina Horst discuss the role of digital technologies in everyday consumption practices in their 2020 article 'Ethical consumption? There's an app for that: Digital technologies and everyday consumption practices'.
claimDigital consumer activism is expanding, evidenced by an increasing number of applications that support and report on ethical consumption, as well as digitally native movements like Sleeping Giants and Stop Funding Hate that mobilize for divestment against digital advertising practices promoting hate speech.
referenceIn 'Mobile moralities: Ethical consumption in the digital realm', K. Humphery and T. Jordan explore how ethical consumption manifests in digital spaces.
referenceIn 'The accidental enterprise: Ethical consumption as commerce', K. Humphery examines the commercialization of ethical consumption.
claimKim Humphery is a Professor and Director at The Northern Institute, Charles Darwin University, known internationally for her work in the sociology of consumption, including ethical consumption and enterprise.
claimEthical consumption and consumer activism campaigns often advocate for a politics that opposes specific forms of consumption while promoting 'ethical' forms of exchange that leave the underlying capitalist market logic of consumption largely uncontested.
claimLekakis (2013) argues that digital engagement in ethical consumption leads to involvement in a broader politics of consumption, but also notes that digital platforms increasingly privilege a narrative of lifestyle over one of solidarity.
Redefining Consumer Desires: A Qualitative Study on Marketing's ... ibimapublishing.com Feb 11, 2025 1 fact
claimEnvironmental awareness is a conditionally triggered value for Millennials and Gen Z, activated by a societal focus on sustainability and ethical consumption.