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Kayla Rybacki, Comm 397ss-YDEI, Fall 2014
Read Nicholas Powers, Society of Addiction. The Indypendent, September 2011. (11 pp.)
Reading response questions — post on your rolling Google doc, maximum 2 paragraphs.
- The author concludes with the question of whether consumerism undermines our “freedom.” How does the discussion in this article resonate with your experience — or not?
- In your experience, how does the theory of the spectacle intersect with consumerist patterns?
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Barbara Kruger