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Materialism and Conspicuous Consumption: A Case Study on Netflix's Reality Series 'Bling Empire' from a Global Consumer Perspective: Materialism and Conspicuous Consumption

Translated title

Term

4. term

Publication year

2023

Submitted on

Pages

70

Abstract

This paper posits that Netflix acts as a conduit through which reality shows that promotes materialism and conspicuous consumption, constantly pours to its subscribers via its streaming platform. Netflix's global dominance and its ever-growing production of original films and reality series presents an opportunity to look at how this over-the-top streaming platform’s contents can be examined discursively as a part of a larger conversations.