Signs of Shopping
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Shopping at the Mall
The mall was created and has become the subjects of innumerable debates. Some support the mall, however, others don't. The mall is thought to be a huge public place to meet various people, while a lot of people criticize things about it. M. Pressdee and John Fiske says that though the mall appears to be a public place, it is not. The mall is restricted to its own words or phrases that it is allowed to show. All the commodities are displayed in this manner, and we speak of ourselves through them. Female, especially female adolescents likes spending time at the mall more than spending money. Wandering around the mall, they accept a lexicon of American culture. The brand name and its logo, or trademark, indicates its own words easily to the shoppers...