Consumption

thumb|An electronics store displaying CRT TVs in a shopping mall in [[Jakarta, Indonesia (2002)]]

purchase and use of goods and services

concept in sociology and economy

desire of people to stabilize consumption, in economics

intertemporal consumption and saving over the course of their lives

Term describing sustainable development

Hyperconsumerism, hyper-consumerism, hyperconsumption or hyper-consumption is the consumption of goods beyond one's necessities and the associated significant pressure to consume those goods, exerted by social media and other outlets as those goods are perceived to shape one's identity. Frenchy Lunning defines it curtly as "a consumerism for the sake of consuming."

Method of media consumption