Sustainability, Consumption and Media

Abstract

Since The most important crisis that the orld is facing at the beginning of the 21st century is an ecological crisis and its prevention is sustainability. The subject of this article is the concept of sustainability, at the beginning of the 2000s, in Business Administration articles “stunning” titles. Although, the meaning of sustainability seems “harmless” or “useful”, this concept mystifies capitalist reproduction through the media and consumption. From this point of view, this paper will critically discuss the consumption which is the cause of the rise of the notion of sustainability and the media’s role for consumption.

Keywords

• ecological crisis
• media
• consumption
• sustainability