scholarly journals Fashion trends: how political happenings influence consumers mindsets

Author(s):  
Valentina Marques da Rosa

This paper focuses on how fashion products have the capacity of translating social, political and cultural happenings, influencing preferences in dress style and precipitating trends. Based on four case studies, this research explores how cultural and societal developments influence the consumption of dress styles. This includes understanding how garments and accessories associated with social causes are received by consumers. Such knowledge is useful in accurately predicting the likelihood of a trend’s adoption. The data collected from the case studies was sifted via a content analysis methodology. Study findings support that consumers’ identification with the social cause linked to a fashion product significantly increases their adoption as a trend. Furthermore, the study also demonstrates that the presence of a number of actors is needed in order for trends to achieve inception and their subsequent dissemination.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valentina Marques da Rosa

This paper focuses on how fashion products have the capacity of translating social, political and cultural happenings, influencing preferences in dress style and precipitating trends. Based on four case studies, this research explores how cultural and societal developments influence the consumption of dress styles. This includes understanding how garments and accessories associated with social causes are received by consumers. Such knowledge is useful in accurately predicting the likelihood of a trend’s adoption. The data collected from the case studies was sifted via a content analysis methodology. Study findings support that consumers’ identification with the social cause linked to a fashion product significantly increases their adoption as a trend. Furthermore, the study also demonstrates that the presence of a number of actors is needed in order for trends to achieve inception and their subsequent dissemination.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
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Gemma Amy Helleur Hiscock

<p>This qualitative content analysis research study examines how Margaret Mahy used emotion in the School Journal to form insights into reader appeal, reader response and the social construction of childhood. This research study examines Mahy’s contribution to the School Journal. The study explores this body of work in terms of how its author uses emotion to captivate readers by evoking the feelings associated with childhood. The underlying objective of the study was to provide insights into why Mahy’s work is so treasured and memorable; to explain how she uses emotion to captivate readers, and how this contributes to the social construction of childhood. The prose and poetry Mahy contributed to the School Journal prove to be a significant, rich and uncharted resource for the purposes of this research investigation. Analysis of this body of work has allowed for greater insights and understanding into Mahy’s contribution to children’s literature. It has also allowed for a greater appreciation of how Mahy’s use of emotion contributes to the social construction of childhood. This type of content analysis research study proves to be invaluable in the development of reader’s advisory services to young people. The employment of a content analysis methodology, underpinned by a discourse analysis approach, enabled the emotional narratives of Mahy’s text to be explained and understood. The study’s findings, that lightness and aliveness are the most prevalent and persuasive emotions operating within Mahy’s text, was substantiated through analysis of actual reader responses. This investigation is most applicable to school librarians, children’s librarians and educators. The study has broader implications for the improvement of client interaction and collection development in youth library services</p>


Author(s):  
Francois Dépelteau

This chapter addresses determinism, which has been the predominant mode of perceiving the universe in modern sciences. The basic assumption is that any event is the effect of an external cause. Generally speaking, biological determinism focuses on the biological causes of events, whereas social sciences focus on the social causes. This mode of perceiving the social universe is typically associated with positivism and, more specifically, social naturalism — or the idea that there is no significant difference between social phenomena and natural phenomena. In this logic, it is assumed that social scientists can and should discover ‘social laws’ — or universal relations of causality between a social cause and a social effect. However, determinism in the social sciences has been criticized since its very beginning. In response to these critiques, many social scientists have adopted various forms of ‘soft’ determinism. The chapter then considers social predictions and probabilism.


Comunicar ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 13 (25) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fina Pérez-Garcias ◽  
Santos Urbina-Ramírez

This study compares several cartoon serials -from middle 60's to middle 70's- with actual cartoon programs, and has the main objective of analyzing if the social concern about the violence representation in children TV programs has provoked substantial changes during the last years. To proceed to that comparison we used the content analysis methodology. Results suggest that there was a bigger presence of violence in the «old» serials when compared to the «actual» ones, despite the language used seems to be more aggressive in the current cartoons. Persecuciones con armas, choques estruendosos, disparos, explosiones, caídas por precipicios, agresiones de lo más diverso, amenazas, imprecaciones e insultos. Estos eran algunos de los ejes recurrentes que guiaban el desarrollo de los espacios televisivos favoritos de los que éramos niños hace unas tres décadas: los dibujos animados. Se trataba de producciones mayoritariamente norteamericanas (las factorías Warner y Hanna-Barbera eran las principales realizadoras) dobladas a una variante del español con modismos y vocabulario algo «diferente» (pero que les otorgaba un sello de identidad) y, hasta mediados de los setenta, obligatoriamente en blanco y negro. En la actualidad se ha visto incrementado notablemente el tiempo que los niños dedican diariamente a ver la televisión. Y (al margen del cumplimiento o no del famoso pacto entre las cadenas televisivas con mayor audiencia), lo cierto es que, probablemente, los dibujos animados, programa infantil por antonomasia, siguen poseyendo un grado de violencia a considerar. Mucho se ha debatido e investigado acerca de la relación entre consumo televisivo y conducta agresiva, sin que se haya llegado a conclusiones definitivas. Pero no es un debate en el que consideremos preciso entrar ahora. En el trabajo que planteamos se pretende comparar las series de dibujos animados de los años 70 con las actuales, con la finalidad de comprobar si la preocupación social en torno a la representación de la violencia presente en los programas infantiles ha propiciado cambios al respecto en los últimos años. Para realizar la selección de las series antiguas, se procederá a hacer un sencillo cuestionario a personas con una edad aproximada de 40 años, preguntándoles qué series de dibujos animados recuerdan de su infancia; como información adicional, además, se les pedirá que indiquen qué recuerdan de cada serie. Con respecto a las series actuales se recogerán los índices de audiencia más recientes y se seleccionarán las más vistas. A continuación, conceptualizaremos el alcance del objeto de estudio –la representación de la violencia– para, posteriormente, realizar un análisis de contenido en diferentes episodios de varias series emitidas durante los 70 (para ello contamos con la reemisión de muchas de ellas en algunos canales de televisión por satélite) y en las series más vistas por los niños actualmente.


2022 ◽  
Vol 12 (01) ◽  
pp. 21-45
Author(s):  
Patricia Zamora-Martínez ◽  
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Ana González-Neira ◽  

This research delves into the television programs of political info- tainment (politainment) broadcast in 2018 in Spain and analyzes in a particular way the behavior of the infoshow ‘El Intermedio’, as well as the engagement of its social audience on the social network Twitter. For this, a content analysis methodology has been used on the tweets published by the program, the com- ments received and the reactions made by its social audience. The results of the investigation indicate that, as a whole, politainment programs, or those that include spectacular politics, and that are broadcast in the night time slot, have a greater number of followers on their Twitter profiles than those that are broad- cast in the morning, they also concentrate a higher accumulated monthly linear audience. Regarding the analysis of the tweets and comments of ‘El Intermedio’, the colloquial language and the critical and humorous intentionality are pre- dominant while the engagement obtained is scarce as it does not include only viralizing elements that reinforce its messages.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Gemma Amy Helleur Hiscock

<p>This qualitative content analysis research study examines how Margaret Mahy used emotion in the School Journal to form insights into reader appeal, reader response and the social construction of childhood. This research study examines Mahy’s contribution to the School Journal. The study explores this body of work in terms of how its author uses emotion to captivate readers by evoking the feelings associated with childhood. The underlying objective of the study was to provide insights into why Mahy’s work is so treasured and memorable; to explain how she uses emotion to captivate readers, and how this contributes to the social construction of childhood. The prose and poetry Mahy contributed to the School Journal prove to be a significant, rich and uncharted resource for the purposes of this research investigation. Analysis of this body of work has allowed for greater insights and understanding into Mahy’s contribution to children’s literature. It has also allowed for a greater appreciation of how Mahy’s use of emotion contributes to the social construction of childhood. This type of content analysis research study proves to be invaluable in the development of reader’s advisory services to young people. The employment of a content analysis methodology, underpinned by a discourse analysis approach, enabled the emotional narratives of Mahy’s text to be explained and understood. The study’s findings, that lightness and aliveness are the most prevalent and persuasive emotions operating within Mahy’s text, was substantiated through analysis of actual reader responses. This investigation is most applicable to school librarians, children’s librarians and educators. The study has broader implications for the improvement of client interaction and collection development in youth library services</p>


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashley Tencer

Social digital communities have influenced traditional practices of communication by creating gateways to mass self-expression. Sharing video snippets of personal moments online exemplifies this social transformation, forming a new and thriving component of the digital storytelling field. Currently, the social digital storytelling market is faced with challenges that prevent many individuals from easily communicating their story through an edited video format. This paper examines social modern storytelling to better comprehend the needs of users, and identify gaps and opportunities based on currently available tools. A viable solution is suggested in order to meet the demands of modern-day storytellers. Through content analysis of technology companies, storytelling platforms, and pertinent case studies, this paper determines the essential attributes to ensure the proposed solution’s viability


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leslie Wilson

"Citizenship and community service are values that have been appropriated by new forms of corporate marketing strategies: corporate social responsibility, cause related marketing, and social cause branding. These trends in branding effectively tie social activism and political participation with consumerism and profit motives. In this paper I attempt to explore the implications of the commodification of social causes, with particular focus on the role of women in marketing strategies, both as subject and object of the social cause branding campaigns."--Page [1].


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashley Tencer

Social digital communities have influenced traditional practices of communication by creating gateways to mass self-expression. Sharing video snippets of personal moments online exemplifies this social transformation, forming a new and thriving component of the digital storytelling field. Currently, the social digital storytelling market is faced with challenges that prevent many individuals from easily communicating their story through an edited video format. This paper examines social modern storytelling to better comprehend the needs of users, and identify gaps and opportunities based on currently available tools. A viable solution is suggested in order to meet the demands of modern-day storytellers. Through content analysis of technology companies, storytelling platforms, and pertinent case studies, this paper determines the essential attributes to ensure the proposed solution’s viability


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