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The Resource The overspent American : why we want what we don't need, with Juliet Schor
The overspent American : why we want what we don't need, with Juliet Schor
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The item The overspent American : why we want what we don't need, with Juliet Schor represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Boston University Libraries.This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
Resource Information
The item The overspent American : why we want what we don't need, with Juliet Schor represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Boston University Libraries.
This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
- Summary
- This powerful video scrutinizes what Juliet Schor calls "the new consumerism" - a national phenomenon of upscale spending shaped and reinforced by a media system driven by commercial interests. Illustrated with hundreds of media examples, The Overspent American draws attention to the costs (both financial and social) of the relentless search for happiness and identity through spending
- Language
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- eng
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (1 video file, 33 min.)
- Label
- The overspent American : why we want what we don't need
- Title
- The overspent American
- Title remainder
- why we want what we don't need
- Statement of responsibility
- with Juliet Schor
- Subject
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- Consumer behavior -- United States
- Consumer protection
- Consumption (Economics)
- Consumption (Economics) -- United States
- Credit -- United States
- Debt -- United States
- Electronic resources
- Finance, Personal -- United States
- Lifestyles -- United States
- Saving and investment -- United States
- Values -- United States
- Language
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- eng
- eng
- Summary
- This powerful video scrutinizes what Juliet Schor calls "the new consumerism" - a national phenomenon of upscale spending shaped and reinforced by a media system driven by commercial interests. Illustrated with hundreds of media examples, The Overspent American draws attention to the costs (both financial and social) of the relentless search for happiness and identity through spending
- Cataloging source
- MaNoMEF
- Characteristic
- videorecording
- Credits note
- Executive producers, Sut Jhally, Loretta Alper ; producer, editor, camera, Kelly Garner
- Date time place
- Originally produced by Media Education Foundation in 2004
- Intended audience
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- Grade 9+
- Higher education
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Alper, Loretta
- Garner, Kelly
- Jhally, Sut
- Schor, Juliet
- Kanopy
- Runtime
- 32
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Consumer behavior
- Consumer protection
- Consumption (Economics)
- Credit
- Debt
- Finance, Personal
- Lifestyles
- Saving and investment
- Values
- Consumption (Economics)
- Technique
- live action
- Label
- The overspent American : why we want what we don't need, with Juliet Schor
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Content category
- two-dimensional moving image
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (1 video file, 33 min.)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Medium for sound
- other
- Publisher number
- 1041584
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- sound
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
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- other
- remote
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)897765409
- (OCoLC)897765409
- (OCoLC)897765409
- (CaSfKAN)kan1041584
- System details
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Video recording format
- other
- Label
- The overspent American : why we want what we don't need, with Juliet Schor
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Content category
- two-dimensional moving image
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (1 video file, 33 min.)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Medium for sound
- other
- Publisher number
- 1041584
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- sound
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
-
- other
- remote
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)897765409
- (OCoLC)897765409
- (OCoLC)897765409
- (CaSfKAN)kan1041584
- System details
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Video recording format
- other
Subject
- Consumer behavior -- United States
- Consumer protection
- Consumption (Economics)
- Consumption (Economics) -- United States
- Credit -- United States
- Debt -- United States
- Electronic resources
- Finance, Personal -- United States
- Lifestyles -- United States
- Saving and investment -- United States
- Values -- United States
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