Table of contents - Special Issue: Child and teen Consumption
Guest Editors: ValerieInes de La Ville
The consequences and contradictions of child and teen consumption in contemporary practice
Valérie‐Inés de La VilleThis paper seeks to conceptualize the field of child and teen consumption as a system of social practices at the cross roads of six strongly intermingled subsystems covering…
“Now it's up to you!” Children consuming commercial television
Vebjørg TingstadThis paper seeks to report from a qualitative study of the global television concept Pop Idol with the aim of evaluating children's and teenagers' involvement as consumers, both…
The disempowering empowerment of children's consumer “choice”: Cultural discourses of the child consumer in North America
Daniel Thomas CookThe purpose of the paper is to explore how discourses of children's empowerment through goods have emerged and function as a key narrative among many in children's commercial…
Children and business: pluralistic ethics of marketers
Michelle BergadaàMarketers have increased decision‐making responsibility when they work either directly or indirectly with children and adolescents; a vulnerable sector of the population. These…
From McLibel to McLettuce: childhood, spin and re‐branding
Jacqueline Botterill, Stephen KlineThis paper seeks to report historical research into McDonald's public communication strategies as the corporation responded to the rising tide of “political consumerism” that…
Commerce in US schools: four dominant perspectives
Vanessa DomineThis paper seeks to provide a systematic understanding of the controversy surrounding commerce in US schools.
Thorstein Bunde Veblen as precursor of business and society field
Herve MesureThe paper is a viewpoint about Thorstein Bunde Veblen (1857‐1929) a known yet misunderstood author, as much appreciated as criticised. The aim of this paper is to present an…
ISSN:
1746-5680Online date, start – end:
2006Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditor:
- John Katsos