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Persuasion Is Local
The Huffington Post: I do my best to avoid advertising. I don’t have cable TV. I listen to public radio. But I can’t avoid it completely. I was reminded of that recently when I went
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Exposure to Sexual Content in Popular Movies Predicts Sexual Behavior in Adolescence
Intuitively it simply makes sense: exposure to sexual content in movies at an early age probably influences adolescents’ sexual behavior. And yet, even though a great deal of research has shown that adolescents who watch
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The Spirit of Sisterhood Is in the Air and on the Air
The New York Times: When first we meet Hannah, the wondrously mopey mid-20s heroine of HBO’s new hit series “Girls,” she seems to have more strikes against her than a bowling alley at Fenway Park.
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Movies Tuned to Our Brains
The Wall Street Journal: Three seconds is just too long. If this sentence were a Web page and it took that long to finish loading, you’d give up and go get a pizza. In 2000
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Kids Want Fame More Than Anything
Huffington Post: “This is America, where everyone has the right to life, love and the pursuit of fame.” — Ryan Seacrest, American Idol, 2010 In the new millennium, people face messages highlighting the significance of
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‘Educational TV’ for Babies? It Doesn’t Exist
TIME: If there was any doubt that television is not a good use of toddlers’ time, consider the findings of one study that drilled down into babies’ understanding of what they were watching on TV.
