How would you characterize the impact of planned obsolescence upon the consumption of digital devices? Critically discuss the social consequences of today’s consumerism of digital devices. I would like the writer to write it in a UK style and academic.
In the essay, you need to:
Define and discuss the concept of planned obsolescence
Discuss the concept of digital junk if you want to discuss digital devices
Discuss both psychological and technological aspects
Analyze new examples (beyond digital devices, FMCC, cars) not discussed in the lecture
Essay needs to includes the following references:
Essential Reading
Jhally, S. (1990)The codes of advertising : fetishism and the political economy of meaning in the consumer society(New York : Routledge) (Excerpts)
Giles Slade (2007), Introduction, Ch.1 and Ch. 9 fromMade to Break: Harvard University Press
Further reading
Jenny Chan, A Suicide Survivor: The Life of a Migrant Worker at Foxconnhttp://www.japanfocus.org/-Jenny-Chan/3977
Watch: The Electronic Wasteland.60 Minutes. November 9, 2008. CBS.https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XuGSSuGs9jM
Fishman, A., Gandal, N., & Shy, O. (1993). Planned Obsolescence as an Engine of Technological Progress.The Journal of Industrial Economics, 41(4), 361370.https://doi.org/10.2307/2950597
Alter, A. (2017).Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked. New York: Penguin Press.
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