Talk:Consumer activism

This article is or was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Zhuoyu Lin, Hoovern, Rafaorozco, Nolanrose (article contribs). Peer reviewers: Celinanguyen, Sarahlancaster, Ggrenham, Danwiggy, Daespadas.Plan to edit article with sources containing objectivity. If no such source is found then sources containing counter arguements will be added.

I am interested in editing this article to include a section on the History of consumer activism, which could possibly incorporate the information already in the section describing the periods of consumer movements. Such a section could be near the beginning of the article to provide some background to further information in the article. I am considering using some or all of the following sources in developing some sort of historical overview:

- Glickman, Lawrence B. “‘Buy for the Sake of the Slave’: Abolitionism and the Origins of American Consumer Activism.” American Quarterly, vol. 56, no. 4, 2004, pp. 889–912. www.jstor.org/stable/40068289.

- Glickman, Lawrence B. “'Make Lisle the Style': The Politics of Fashion in the Japanese Silk Boycott, 1937-1940.” Journal of Social History, vol. 38, no. 3, 2005, pp. 573–608. www.jstor.org/stable/3790646.

- Glickman, Lawrence B. “The Strike in the Temple of Consumption: Consumer Activism and Twentieth-Century American Political Culture.” The Journal of American History, vol. 88, no. 1, 2001, pp. 99–128. www.jstor.org/stable/2674920.

- Kozinets, Robert V., et al. “Adversaries of Consumption: Consumer Movements, Activism, and Ideology.” Journal of Consumer Research, vol. 31, no. 3, 2004, pp. 691–704. www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/425104.

- Kurzer, Paulette, and Alice Cooper. “Consumer Activism, EU Institutions and Global Markets: The Struggle over Biotech Foods.” Journal of Public Policy, vol. 27, no. 2, 2007, pp. 103–128. www.jstor.org/stable/40072017.

- Swimberghe, Krist, et al. “Consumer Religiosity: Consequences for Consumer Activism in the United States.” Journal of Business Ethics, vol. 103, no. 3, 2011, pp. 453–467. www.jstor.org/stable/41476035.

Do these sources rely too much on the work of one scholar? Any other thoughts are appreciated too. Thanks! Hoovern (talk) 05:42, 15 February 2017 (UTC)

These are some more sources that I found:

Glickman, Lawrence B. Buying power: A history of consumer activism in America. University of Chicago Press, 2009.

Hollenbeck, Candice R., and George M. Zinkhan. "Consumer activism on the internet: The role of anti-brand communities." NA-Advances in Consumer Research Volume 33 (2006).

Hilton, Matthew. Prosperity for all: Consumer activism in an era of globalization. Cornell University Press, 2009.

Friedman, Monroe. "On promoting a sustainable future through consumer activism." Journal of Social Issues 51.4 (1995): 197-215.

Kurzer, Paulette, and Alice Cooper. "Consumer activism, EU institutions and global markets: The struggle over biotech foods." Journal of Public Policy (2007): 103-128. Rafaorozco (talk) 22:32, 18 February 2017 (UTC)

Rearrangement of information; making the structure more coherent

I think that one of the biggest improvements on this article will be a solid structure.

This is the structure I propose. Please edit if you have suggestions.

Overview / Definition

Etymology

History

Theories

Objectives / Tactics / Techniques

Legal Disputes

Present day / Recent examples

Rafaorozco (talk) 22:57, 18 February 2017 (UTC)

Comments on Structure

I think that Etymology may not be needed; a study of the word origin could be distracting to the intent of the article. To add a subheading, I think that expanding on famous lawyers and activists, ie Ralph Nader, could be helpful. I would agree though that the current subheadings are insufficient and confusing.

Nolanrose (talk) 07:11, 19 February 2017 (UTC)

Is the overview the initial paragraph at the head of the article? I like the proposed structure, with maybe a separate definition section instead of etymology. I can put together Definition and History tonight—one of the Glickman articles is pretty focused on both of those. Hoovern (talk) 02:26, 21 February 2017 (UTC)

More Coherent Information?

Hey, all. I reworked the definition of the article to include activism by consumers and added the History section, which includes information from the old periods of activism section. Any thoughts on that would be much appreciated. (It's pretty US-centric, so any help there would also be much appreciated.) Also, I've been thinking about how to make the article more coherent, and I think we might need to remove some information that isn't the most coherent right now. I like the idea of a unified "Objectives and tactics" section -- I can start working on that today -- which can combine a lot of the information from smaller sections (and maybe eliminate the need for a theory section?). A lot of the information from the Kozinets study doesn't seem especially relevant to the topic, and the article might be of better quality if that information were removed or reworked. Is anyone particularly attached to it? Hoovern (talk) 15:54, 22 February 2017 (UTC)

Hoovern I replied on your talk page. Blue Rasberry (talk) 16:03, 22 February 2017 (UTC)

Peer Review

You all have a lot of great information! The history is very easy to follow and informative without being overdone. However, you all have a lot of sections and it makes it look messy. A lot of the sections relate to each other and could be combined into one section, which would be less overwhelming and more aesthetically pleasing. For example, "conceptions of consumer movements" and "organizing consumer movements" could easily be combined and made into a coherent section. This could also be done for "view of consumers" and "consumers seen as adversaries". Great start so far! I also think adding some photos would make the page more interesting. Sarahlancaster (talk) 23:23, 22 February 2017 (UTC)

Peer Review

It is looking great, but I agree with the need for coherence. The sections for revelations and opinions for activists and consumers could all be combined. They are not important enough to have their own sections IMO. There is also a statement that corporations have sued consumer groups and I think examples would really clarify what this means. Another note is that the implementation of this technique is impoverished. Though you mention it being used in the civil rights/ gay/ and feminist movements, you could expand on how. Adding a boycott photo could improve this. Other than that, great article with no stand-out grammar/syntax mistakes. Danwiggy (talk) 23:36, 22 February 2017 (UTC)