%0 Journal Article %T If Not Now, When? The Timeliness of Developing a Dialogue between Consumer Culture Theoretic and Macromarketing Perspectives %A Eileen Fischer %J Journal of Macromarketing %@ 1552-6534 %D 2019 %R 10.1177/0276146718820937 %X This paper advocates for doing more research at the intersction of consumer culture theoretic and macromarketing perspectives. It provides an example of a project ideally suited for analysis of this kind, a study that would address how the features and marketing practices of social media platforms may be contributing to political polarization at the societal level %K social media %K politics %K freedom %K information and communication technology %K societal welfare %U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0276146718820937