Archive for category: Social Mood Watch

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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] A Big Chunk of the Web Goes Black: Is SOPA Dead?

  Politics, Social Mood Watch

  Internet-based opposition has turned the bill into a front-page conflict. The Obama administration announced its opposition to the legislation, and how it did so is especially noteworthy.

   
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  [Social Mood Watch] How “Digital Piracy” Created a Consensus that STILL Reflects Negative Mood

  Politics, Social Mood Watch

  An apparent exception to gridlock has been much in the news lately. It has a bipartisan list of sponsors in Congress and near-unanimous support from America’s entertainment/industrial complex…

   
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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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  [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…