The New Consumer Online
A Sociology of Taste, Audience, and Publics
Business & Finance, Marketing & Sales, Sales & Selling, Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
| Author: | Edward F. McQuarrie | ISBN: | 9781784716004 |
| Publisher: | Edward Elgar Publishing | Publication: | December 18, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Edward F. McQuarrie |
| ISBN: | 9781784716004 |
| Publisher: | Edward Elgar Publishing |
| Publication: | December 18, 2015 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
It’s a new world online, where consumers can publish their writing and gain a public presence, even a mass audience. This book links together blogging, writing reviews for Yelp, and creating pinboards for Pinterest, all of which provide ordinary people the opportunity to display their tastes to strangers. Edward McQuarrie expertly analyzes how the operation of taste in consumption has been changed by the Internet and offers a fresh perspective on why websites like Yelp and Pinterest have become so successful.
It’s a new world online, where consumers can publish their writing and gain a public presence, even a mass audience. This book links together blogging, writing reviews for Yelp, and creating pinboards for Pinterest, all of which provide ordinary people the opportunity to display their tastes to strangers. Edward McQuarrie expertly analyzes how the operation of taste in consumption has been changed by the Internet and offers a fresh perspective on why websites like Yelp and Pinterest have become so successful.
