The use of communication technology is only limited to a means of exchanging messages. However, there is a significant value behind it. As Baudrillard points out, in a consumer society, people buy products based on sign value, as indicated in this case study. The results of this study indicate that the #Kelasblogger community's Instagram social media posts contain various values, such as commodity and non-commodity values. The value of the commodity is detected in the XL Go MiFi modem purchased to support travelling activities. The use of information technology-based social media makes people have similar or uniform behaviour and compete in enjoying and spreading the sign values in their lives. This consumptive behaviour is caused by several underlying factors, namely the development of lifestyle into a separate commodity, the shift from production to consumption, and capitalism's shift from labour exploration to consumer exploration.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.