Fit for consumption : sociology and the business of fitness / by 504149 Maguire, Jennifer Smith

Consumerism as an Attribute of Neutralization of Social Relations and Political Activity by Alexey N. Ilin

“…The theories of consumption sociology and social philosophy are used as the theoretical and methodological basis for this research. …”
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Disrupting social marketing through a practice-oriented approach by Fiona Spotswood, Gareth Wiltshire, Sara Spear, Angela Makris

“…Design/methodology/approach – The paper draws on existing literature from sustainable consumption, sociology of health and illness and the authors’ experiences working with primary schools in the UK to plan and execute social marketing approaches to PA, targeting interconnected social practices from which PA emerges or fails to emerge. …”
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Prefazione by Roberta Bartoletti

“…The virtue of this monographic issue lies in its objective to foster the debate between semiotics, consumption sociological studies, and media studies. It is worth nurturing this three-sided debate in order to better illustrate the complexity of media use practices and their relative programs, which constitute one of the domains where present dynamics of consumption as an anthropological and social process can be observed.…”
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