The conference is broadly oriented in
terms of academic fields, thematic approaches and methodology. The
following list of themes is offered as a guideline:
- Children’s and young people’s
consumption practices
- Children’s roles in the
consumer decision-making process
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The history of
children’s consumer culture
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Media, consumption
and youth culture
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Consumer culture
and childhood identities
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Children and
advertising
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Consumer
socialization
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Media and consumer
literacies
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Ethics and
children’s consumption
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The globalization
of children’s culture and youth culture
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Marketing
practices, rhetorics and appeals
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Theories of
consumer culture
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The role of new
media in consumer socialization
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Public policy and
media regulation
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Research methods
to investigate child and teen consumption
