The Seeker-Consumer: Scientology and the Rhetoric of Consumerism
This article contributes to the growing body of work on the Church of Scientology, arguing that the Church's Web site from 2005 to 2010 engages a rhetoric of consumerism. The Church's site does not merely exemplify consumer capitalism through a haphazard collection of marketing techniques;...
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University of Saskatchewan
[2014]
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Journal of religion and popular culture
Year: 2014, Volume: 26, Issue: 1, Pages: 107-123 |
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Scientology
B Discourse B Consumerism B New Religious Movements B World Wide Web B Rhetoric B Internet B Web site B Capitalism |
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