BY UNIT OF ANALYSIS

Here is a summary of definitions of commodification.

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What is commodified? (unit of analysis)	Definition (percent within row):	Discipline(s) (percent within row):	Percentage of total articles*
Language	Object vs. subject (50%), Object in capitalist system (50%)	Sociolinguistics (100%)	7.4%
Body parts	Object vs. subject (100%)	Anthropology (100%)	3.7%
Knowledge (includes biochemical information)	Routinized and codified (50%), Object in capitalist system (50%)	Human resources (50%), social science of health and medicine(50%)	7.4%
Society and culture	Commodity culture (100%)	Economic sociology (20%), sociology (40%), history (20%), geography and anthropology (20%)	18.5%
Tourism	Market exchange (100%), Commodity culture (50%), Object vs. subject (50%)*	Tourism (100%)	7.4%
Education	Market exchange (100%)	Human relations (33.3%), accounting (33.3%), cultural anthropology (33.3%)	11.1%
Apologies	Market exchange (100%)	Law	3.7%
The past	Market exchange (100%)	Marketing	3.7%
Nature	Market exchange (100%), capitalist (20%)*	Law (20%), geography (20%), rural studies (20%), environment and planning (20%), science and culture (20%)	18.5%
Care/nurture	Paying for something that used to not be paid for (100%)	Socio-politics (100%)	7.4%
Police and security	Commodity culture (100%)	Sociology (100%)	3.7%
Housing in China	Market power increases compared to state power (100%)	Urban research (100%)	3.7%
Childhood	Commodity culture (100%)	Childhood studies (100%)	3.7%

*Does not add up to 100% because some articles employed multiple definitions