Lifestyles of The Rich and Famous | Wealth P*rn and You! (Patreon)
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Who wants to be rich--and how badly? What role does their celebrity media diet play? Ostentatious displays of wealth are commonly glorified in our media-- but at what cost? Let's talk about celebrity wealth, wealth inequality, reality tv, materialism, scam culture, and notions of self-worth in the social media age.
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Appearing Wealthy on Social Media Has Become It's Own Industry (Marie Danielle Smith)
The Fake Wealth Industry Making Influencers Look Rich (Nana Baah)
Most Americans Say There Is. Too Much Economic Inequality in The Us., But Fewer than Half Call It A Top Priority (Pew Research Center)
The #FallingStars challenge highlights extreme wealth-- and extreme inequality (Gaby Del Valle)
Lifestyles of The Rich and Famous: Celebrity Media Diet and The Cultivation of Emerging Adults Materialism (Jennifer Lewallen, Brandon Miller, Elizabeth Behm-Morawitz)
Materialism and The Tendency To Worship Celebrities (Thomas Green, James Griffith, Mara S Arugete, Jeanne Edman, Lynn E. McCutcheon)
DOJ Has Charged Nearly 500 With COVID-Related Fraud In The Past Year (Ryan Lucas)
Houston woman accused of buying homes, Land Rover, Chanel items in alleged $3.7M PPP scam
How ‘MTV Cribs’ Rewired My Brain, and Maybe Yours Too (Talmon Joeseph Smith)
The High Price of Materialism (Tim Kasser)