6.Consumerism

Documentaries:

Planned Obsolescence/environment/ “decrecimiento”…

* <a href=”http://www.eleconomista.es/economia/noticias/2727817/01/11/Victimas-de-la-obsolescencia-programada-motor-de-la-economia-moderna.html”>Planned obsolescence</a>
Sometimes marketers deliberately introduce obsolescence into their product strategy, with the objective of generating long-term sales volume by reducing the time between repeat purchases. One example might be producing an appliance which is deliberately designed to wear out within five years of its purchase, pushing consumers to replace it within five years.

Part 1/4
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doZIaicuXgs[/youtube]
Part 2
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Gzx9Qd9zUQ&amp;feature=related[/youtube]
Part 3
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wktPVUtFZIM&amp;feature=related[/youtube]
Part 4/4

After watching this documentary (in several languages and with subtitles in Spanish ),we will start a debate about the different matters you can find in it.

The Stuff Story (with English and Chinesse subtitles)

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLBE5QAYXp8[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYdJpVFhggo[/youtube]