Archive for category: Cultural Trends

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  [Article] Social Mood Continues to Bend Gender Lines

  Cultural Trends

  In bear markets, sexual stereotypes fall from favor and society embraces a greater variety of gender roles and identities.

   
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  [Social Mood Watch] “What’s going to work well in tough times”?

  Cultural Trends, Social Mood Watch

  Paul Lee, new Chief Programmer for ABC, asked himself an unusual but strategically important question before he created a bold new lineup that appears perfectly suited to the times.

   
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  [Social Mood Watch] Are Men Finished?

  Cultural Trends, Social Mood Watch

  In periods of negative social mood, the public looks favorably on women as non-traditional leaders.

   
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  [Social Mood Watch] The Sort of Authoritarianism That’s “Easier to Disguise”

  Cultural Trends, Social Mood Watch

  If they ditch e-mail for more person-to-person communication, are we to believe that such chats won’t include last night’s poker game or next month’s wedding plans or who got drunk at the company’s Christmas party?

   
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  [Article] Mob Roots Go Mainstream in Vegas

  Cultural Trends, Socionomics

  Mob mania hits Las Vegas! New museums reveal public’s appetite for antiheroes as evidenced by societies negative social mood.

   
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  [Social Mood Watch] If You’ve Seen This Haircut, Don’t JUST Squirm

  Cultural Trends, Social Mood Watch

  Other observers may “squirm at the sight,” but we suspect they’d do more than squirm if they realized that the Hitler Youth cut is more than a throwback to the 1930s – our analysis suggests it’s more like a preview…