Geography 2410A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Media Culture, Commodification, Information Model
24 Feb 2013
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Most leisure time held by: very young, retired, wealthy, unemployed: some canadians have very little leisure time, leisure varies over space, british have more leisure time than canadians, leisure varies over time, amount increased over 20th century. 1900 avg work week in manufacturing: 53 hours. Consumer culture: thoughts, values, beliefs, actions that produce and reproduce the excessive consumption of material goods and services. Commodification: the objectification of virtually any thing as a commodity for the purpose of exchange in the market place : e. g. labour, images, sounds, experiences -> tourism. Tourism sector in canada: transportation, accommodation, food and beverage services, other tourism industries. E. g. recreation and entertainment travel, agency services, groceries, alcoholic beverages, gasoline, local public transportation and parking. Flows -> travel patterns i. e. distances willing to travel. Decision making -> processes by which consumers choose. Spatial behaviour tendencies where and what to consume: assuming shoppers are rational and optimizing . Drawn toward perceived dominant center i. e. london, on.
