College Composition – Questions

Questions

1. Using the link to this article, answer the questions below;

– “We are what we buy” https://www.salon.com/2008/06/03/buying_in/

a)In the beginning of the article “We Are What We Buy”, what is the significance of shoes? Use one of the two examples from the text to illustrate the author’s realization about her relationship to her “stuff”.

b)As stated in “We Are What We Buy,” what is meant by “a secret dialog between who we are and what we buy”?

c)What is “murketing”? Give an example of a company that murkets. Provide an example of the company’s murketing strategy.

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2. Using the links to these articles, answer the questions below;

Metadata – https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/06/metadata-nsa-analysis/314329/ and

This is your life – https://www.engadget.com/2013-07-16-facebook-and-the-business-of-identity.html

a)What is metadata? What aspects of an individual’s identity can metadata relate?

b)How does a Facebook account function like fashion (or a possession) in terms of identity construction? Identify 2 aspects of Facebook (from the user end) that allow for the performance of one’s identity. Give a specific example of each.

c)What is the Facebook Eye? Explain what it means in terms of how individuals perceive identity.

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3. Using the attached document named – “Buying the Self”, answer the questions below;

a)What are the two values of a purchase (if choice is involved)? Give a specific example of each type of value.

b)What is the “ego project”? What is meant by “symbolic consumption”?

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4. Using the attached document named – “Personal identity is mostly performance”, answer the questions below;

a)What is the difference between a “feeling regulator” and a “conscious identity claim”? Give an example of a specific possession that functions as each one.

b)Why is context (situation) important to one’s identity performance (displaying one’s identity)? Offer a specific example of how context affects the performance of identity.