Socionomics Press Room
In the News
NewScientist
publishes article by John Casti, PhD. on social mood and his new book, Mood
Matters.
Esquire
Magazine interviews socionomist Alan Hall about the February 2010 study
"A Survey of U.S. Secessionism."
Futurist
Magazine cites the Socionomics Institute about the October 2009 study "Melody
and Mood."
USA
Today interviews the Socionomics Institute about the October 2009 study
"Melody and Mood."
Georgia
Trend magazine interviews Robert Prechter and takes a comprehensive look
at the Socionomics Institute.
NewScientist
reports on the Socionomics Institute's study of social mood and the War
on Drugs.
WorldNetDaily
discusses Robert Prechter’s July 2009 speech at the International Business
School of Switzerland.
Press Releases
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August 31, 2010
Mickey and the Markets: What Cartoon Characters Mean for Stocks
Fun-loving, hard-working Felix the Cat was born in the 1920s, as the stock market soared and climbed to new highs. As prices dropped and the 1930 bear market hit, Betty Boop, a scantily dressed, care-free "flapper" entered the scene. Was Betty’s sudden emergence and immediate popularity a coincidence? Euan Wilson of the Socionomics Institute says no. For the rest of the release click here.
August 24, 2010
Bedbugs Invade, A Sign of Infestations to Come?
First there was SARS, then Swine Flu; now bedbugs are crowding West Nile Virus and salmonella eggs out of the headlines.
The resurgence verges on an epidemic and
Alan Hall, a leading researcher at the Georgia-based think tank, says bedbugs are just the beginning. For the rest of the release click here.
August 13, 2010
Loose Bps Sink Ships
Does an unregulated Internet undercut governments' ability to control information? Military officials claim recent whistleblower website Wikileaks is putting our troops at danger. As government scrutiny continues, so too will Internet regulation and government control says researcher Alan Hall. For the rest of the release click here.
August 4, 2010
Beatlemania: Boom, Bust and Back Again?
In their “I Want to Hold Your Hand” heyday, The Beatles literally caused teenage girls to swoon. Then the public turned on them with bans, boycotts and record burnings. The band’s eventual breakup has been blamed on everything from drugs to Yoko Ono, but researchers at the Socionomics Institute have a simpler explanation – The Beatles’ popularity rose and fell along with social mood. For the rest of the release click here.
June 30, 2010
Arab & Israeli Stocks Portend Violence
Israeli commandos stormed ships stocked with humanitarian aid for Gaza! No -- Hamas is using aid ships to ferry in guns to attack Israel! No matter who's at fault, one thing's for sure -- the situation is about to get worse say researchers at the Georgia's Socionomics Institute. For the rest of the release click here.
June 2, 2010
Should
We Have Seen the Gulf Disaster Coming?
The Justice Department just launched an investigation to determine if the
spill violates criminal or civil laws and President Obama is promising a
raft of new laws designed to prevent such an ecological disaster from ever
happening again. Don’t hold your breath on that last point though, say researchers
at the Georgia-based Socionomics Institute. For the rest of the release click here.
May 24, 2010
Throw
the Bums Out
Researcher Euan Wilson, in a study on elections, says when social mood is
low, people are heavily inclined to vote incumbents out of office. For the rest of the release click here.
May 5, 2010
Takin’
It To The Streets
The ink was barely dry on Arizona’s new immigration laws when thousands
of Americans nationwide took to the streets in protest of the act. Will
their voices fall on deaf ears? For the rest of the release click here.
May 5, 2010
A
New Al Capone?
Rethinking that trip to Mexico in light of mounting reports of drug-related
violence? Don’t look for it to let up anytime soon. Not only will the conflict
give Prohibition-era violence in the U.S. a run for its money, researchers
at Georgia's Socionomics Institute say it’s likely to affect our cities
before too long. For the rest of the release click here.
April 15, 2010
Yes
Virginia, There is a Confederacy Month
Will the US be home to more than 50 states a few years from now? Is the
European Union on the path to civil war? Analysts at the Georgia-based Socionomics
Institute say an uprising of secession sentiments worldwide is threatening
the ties that bind nations, and groups of nations, together. For the rest of the release click here.
April 15, 2010
The
Smart Money is on Smarter Cars
On highways across America, gas-chugging SUVs are giving way to hybrids,
electric cars and Smart Cars. Euan Wilson, a researcher at the Georgia-based
Socionomics Institute, says the trend is here to stay, and that more than
just concerns for fuel efficiency are driving the transition. For the rest of the release click here.
March 8, 2010
Negative
Social Mood Soon To Foster Secessionist Sentiment in the U.S.
A study of secessionist activity during the United States’ 234-year history
reveals that the country’s pent-up anger during negative mood periods is
like the pent-up energy prior to an earthquake – it will find violent release.
For the rest of the release click here.
January 8, 2010
European
Dis-Union: Why the EU is Headed for Divorce.
New study for the Socionomics Institute concludes that a bear market will
generate the biggest threat to European peace and solidarity since World
War II. For the rest of the release click here.
December 30, 2009
Events
happen, but The Socionomics Institute explains that social mood is what
causes them to happen.
End-of-the-year stories usually focus on the best and the worst of what
happened during the year. What they don't focus on is what caused the events
– both positive and negative – to happen in the first place. For the rest
of the release click
here.
November 20, 2009
Will
a New Bear Market Bring Eugenics Back?
A new study by The Socionomics Institute shows a link between bear markets
and the rising popularity of eugenics movements over a span of 225 years. For
the rest of the release
click here.
October 14, 2009
Melody
and Mood: How Social Mood Trends Define Popular Culture
Want to know why Showtime's Dexter, a show about a “good” serial killer
who kills “bad” serial killers, is more popular than HBO's short-lived The
Comeback? Or why noise artists have a better chance of breaking into the
big time in a bear market than do bubblegum boy bands? Look to the financial
markets, which reflect negative and positive social moods. For
the rest of the release click here.
August 18, 2009
The
No-Eyebrow Look: More Than a Fashion Statement?
Shaved eyebrows appear to be the latest trend in high fashion, but it has
the all-too-familiar look of a bear market. “Gender-bending is a classic
trend that appears during times of bear markets, and shaving one's eyebrows
is a way to blur gender boundaries on the cheap,” says EWI's Brian Whitmer,
who writes about the trend in the August issue of The European Financial
Forecast. For
the rest of the release click here.
August 3, 2009
New
study: Why marijuana will be decriminalized
Marijuana will be decriminalized just as alcohol was in the 1930s, according
to a new report from The Socionomics Institute, a research and educational
center that studies social behavior as it relates to the financial markets. For
the rest of the release
click here.
June 24, 2009
Swine
flu: The beginning of a long epidemic season?
The World Health Organization declared swine flu a global pandemic, warning
that nations should prepare for a second wave of the virus. Conventional
wisdom says that such announcements about disease make people fearful and
depressed. New research into a 1,000-year history of epidemics, however,
reaches the opposite conclusion: depressed and fearful people are more susceptible
to epidemics in the first place. For
the rest of the release click here.
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About The Socionomics Institute
The Socionomics Institute, based in Gainesville, Ga., studies social mood
and its role in driving cultural trends. The Institute’s analysis is published
in the monthly research review, The Socionomist. Learn more at
www.socionomics.net.