LIBRI DI VINCENZO CESAREO

The matters linked to the relationship between globalization and communication involve several questions related to its configuration and declension in the different social contexts. On this basis the analysis on the role that communication plays in the globalization age in a broader context of cultural processes, in the delivery between globalization and localization, in the redefinition of space-time categories is getting more and more important. The coordinates of the human experience seem not longer to converge in the coincidence among place, time, culture and identity. What is to investigate is how communication has an effect on this transformation.

Consumption behaviors, identity and working experience in contemporary society: a complex relation Following the suggestions of Codeluppi we find in the postmodern society a major difficulty in people biography to build their identity. This identity crisis is not only an individual but a nation identity crisis. The postmodern society ties the identity question to that of consumption so that to purchase is in the same time to build pieces of identity. In spite of the increasing importance of consumptions in identity and social building, the author stress the work role as relevant mechanism both for production and consumption of identity. Therefore our society is focused on production and consumption. They live together, side by side, and it is important not polarize that two social forms.