Consumer Psychology Books

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11. Gender, Culture, and Consumer Behavior

    Edited by Cele C. Otnes, Linda Tuncay Zayer

    This book covers the gamut of topics related to gender and consumer culture. Changing gender roles have forced scholars and practitioners to re-examine some of the fundamental assumptions and theories in this area. Gender is a core component of identity and thus holds significant implications...

    Published March 20th 2012 by Routledge
12. The Psychology of Entertainment Media

    Blurring the Lines Between Entertainment and Persuasion, 2nd Edition

    Edited by L. J. Shrum

    In this volume, psychologists and communication experts present theory on understanding and predicting how learning occurs through media consumption. As the impact of traditional advertising has declined over the last couple of decades, marketers have scrambled to find other ways to effectively...

    Published March 4th 2012 by Routledge
13. Advertising Theory

    Edited by Shelly Rodgers, Esther Thorson

    Series: Routledge Communication Series

    Advertising Theory provides detailed and current explorations of key theories in the advertising discipline. The volume gives a working knowledge of the primary theoretical approaches of advertising, offering a comprehensive synthesis of the vast literature in the area. Editors Shelly Rodgers and...

    Published February 22nd 2012 by Routledge
14. Transformative Consumer Research for Personal and Collective Well-Being

    Edited by David Glen Mick, Simone Pettigrew, Cornelia (Connie) Pechmann, Julie L. Ozanne

    Daily existence is more interconnected to consumer behaviors than ever before, encompassing many issues of well-being. Problems include unhealthy eating; credit card mismanagement; alcohol, tobacco, pornography, and gambling abuse; marketplace discrimination; and ecological deterioration; as well...

    Published May 22nd 2011 by Routledge
15. Consumer Behavior Knowledge for Effective Sports and Event Marketing

    Edited by Lynn R. Kahle, Angeline G. Close

    The growing complexity and importance of sports and event marketing has pushed scholars and practitioners to apply sophisticated marketing thinking and applications to these topics. This book deals with the professional development in the sense that sports marketing can be viewed as an application...

    Published September 21st 2010 by Routledge
16. Consumer Culture, Identity and Well-Being

    The Search for the 'Good Life' and the 'Body Perfect'

    By Helga Dittmar

    Series: European Monographs in Social Psychology

    Advertising, materialism and consumption are central aspects of contemporary Western culture. We are bombarded with idealised images of the perfect body, desirable consumer goods, and affluent lifestyles, yet psychology is only just beginning to take account of the profound influence these consumer...

    Published September 16th 2010 by Psychology Press
17. The Aging Consumer

    Perspectives From Psychology and Economics

    Edited by Aimee Drolet, Norbert Schwarz, Carolyn Yoon

    Series: Marketing and Consumer Psychology Series

    At present, about 45 million Americans are over the age of 65, and by 2020, one out of every six Americans will be 65 or older. These statistics are reflective of a worldwide phenomenon in developing and developed countries alike unrivalled since the Industrial Revolution. This edited volume,...

    Published June 7th 2010 by Routledge
18. The Psychology of Advertising

    By Bob M. Fennis, Wolfgang Stroebe

    Advertising is a ubiquitous and powerful force, seducing us into buying wanted and sometimes unwanted products and services, donating to charity (even to causes we have not heard of before), voting for political candidates (even of questionable reputation), and changing our health-related...

    Published May 27th 2010 by Psychology Press
19. The Connected Customer

    The Changing Nature of Consumer and Business Markets

    Edited by Stefan H.K. Wuyts, Marnik G. Dekimpe, Els Gijsbrechts, F.G.M.(Rik) Pieters

    In today’s connected consumer environment, customers are better informed and harder to please, but they also leave a more visible evidence trail in the form of improved databases and customer information. Consumers are increasingly interconnected through various sorts of social networks, a trend...

    Published January 19th 2010 by Routledge
20. Sensory Marketing

    Research on the Sensuality of Products

    Edited by Aradhna Krishna

    What is sensory marketing and why is it interesting and also important? Krishna defines it as "marketing that engages the consumers’ senses and affects their behaviors." In this edited book, the authors discuss how sensory aspects of products, i.e., the touch , taste, smell, sound, and look of the...

    Published December 15th 2009 by Routledge