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The Moment and Place for a Special Issue

The Moment and Place for a Special Issue Introduction: The Moment and Place for a Special Issue DAVID GLEN MICK* other topics such as product safety, nutrition, tobacco/al- hese are more than interesting times. They are the times T cohol/drugs, the poor, the elderly, and product prices in in which the ideology and practices of consumption different socioeconomic contexts, the figures are similar. have multiplied across the earth to levels of complexity, There are numerous and interacting reasons for these trends subtlety, and influence that were unimaginable just a few in JCR, chief among them being (with no little irony) an era decades ago. of business globalization and consumer spending in the late The problems and challenges related to consumer behav- twentieth century that had few historical parallels in terms of iors today include, but are not restricted to, unhealthy eating, reach or degree. It was one big consumption party across effective and safe use of the Internet, substance abuse (e.g., much of the world, and it continues today in many regions alcohol, drugs), tobacco consumption, poor financial plan- where commercial development is burgeoning. During that ning, aging and being elderly, disablements and impair- same period, the field of consumer research was dominated ments, indigence and illiteracy, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Consumer Research Oxford University Press

The Moment and Place for a Special Issue

Journal of Consumer Research , Volume 35 (3): 3 – Aug 13, 2008

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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Copyright
© 2008 by JOURNAL OF CONSUMER RESEARCH, Inc.
ISSN
0093-5301
eISSN
1537-5277
DOI
10.1086/591482
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Abstract

Introduction: The Moment and Place for a Special Issue DAVID GLEN MICK* other topics such as product safety, nutrition, tobacco/al- hese are more than interesting times. They are the times T cohol/drugs, the poor, the elderly, and product prices in in which the ideology and practices of consumption different socioeconomic contexts, the figures are similar. have multiplied across the earth to levels of complexity, There are numerous and interacting reasons for these trends subtlety, and influence that were unimaginable just a few in JCR, chief among them being (with no little irony) an era decades ago. of business globalization and consumer spending in the late The problems and challenges related to consumer behav- twentieth century that had few historical parallels in terms of iors today include, but are not restricted to, unhealthy eating, reach or degree. It was one big consumption party across effective and safe use of the Internet, substance abuse (e.g., much of the world, and it continues today in many regions alcohol, drugs), tobacco consumption, poor financial plan- where commercial development is burgeoning. During that ning, aging and being elderly, disablements and impair- same period, the field of consumer research was dominated ments, indigence and illiteracy,

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Journal of Consumer ResearchOxford University Press

Published: Aug 13, 2008

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