5 research outputs found
Borphokniyom yang yang yun
No full textDr. Kasian Techaphira writes about the rise of consumerism in Thailand. He points out that even though Thai people are hardly hit by the economic crisis since in 1997, they still sustain their desires to consume luxurious goods. He states that this is so because luxuries are made to become markers of high social status
Aphinihan Khossana
No full textThe author analyzes the practice of a commercial advertising and the way in which it provokes consummer's desires. He argues that the commercial advertising often transforms the tangible values of commercial products into cultural values
2516 = 1789
No full textThe author compares the October 1973 student uprising with the French Revolution in 1789. He links the Cold War, the United States' Adjustment plan, and its impact on Thailand to the uprising. He contends the event was actually the fight against Absolute State beginning from the administration of Field Marshal Sarit Thanarat in 1957, which brought about capitalistic economy, uneven development and larger gap between the rich and the poor
Chat niyom mai pen thangkan
No full textThe author discusses the development of an unofficial nationalism in Thailand. He writes that this type of nationalism was fostered by Thailand's schooling system. He also sees the emergence of the Thai unofficial nationalism as an anti-government movement. The student uprising on October 14th, 1973 is the first concrete form of expressions of the unofficial nationalism in Thailand
Nangsu : su patiwat
No full textMass media, especially print media offer alternative truth for general public, in addition to ""manipulated"" information passed on by the State. However, the author argues, print capitalism is ironically a destroyer of democratic culture. It is also a source of uncontrallable new symbols, which can lead to the ""dialectics of miscommunications"" between writer and reader
