From Labeling Possessions to Possessing Labels

Ridicule and Socialization among Adolescents

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2219554
AutoresDavid B Wooten (0000-0003-0546-3090, University of Michigan, autor de correspondencia)
Año2006
Volumen33
Número2
Páginas188-198
Fecha de publicación2006-09-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Consumer Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0093-5301 • E-ISSN: 1537-5277
EditorialOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1086/506300
OpenAlexW2026558276
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas29
Referencias citadas37

This research explores ridicule as a mechanism through which adolescents ex-change information about consumption norms and values. The author finds that adolescents use ridicule to ostracize, haze, or admonish peers who violate con-sumption norms. Targets and observers learn stereotypes about avoidancegroups, consumption norms of aspirational groups, the use of possessions to commu-nicate social linkages and achieve acceptance goals, and social consequences of nonconformity. As a result, many targets and observers of ridicule alter their perceptions, acquisition, use, and disposition of objects in order to avoid un-wanted attention. Despite increased attention to the stages and processesinvolved as children acquire consumer and market-place information (Carlson and Grossbart 1988; Churchill and Moschis 1979; Moschis and Moore 1979), important aspects of consumer socialization have been neglected (John 1999). For instance, social scientists posit a prominent role for social environment in socialization processes, but con

Consumption (sociology) · Disposition · Mechanism (biology) · Nonconformity · Perception · Socialization · Sociology · Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification · Crime, Deviance, and Social Control · Media Influence and Health · Psychology · Social Psychology