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SxSW Panel Visual Map: The Internet and Happiness

March 18, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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I had the great fortune to participate on a panel with Anastasia Goldstein, Catherina O’Gorman (Think Love.org), Kevin Hansen (SecretRegrets.com), and Veer Gadwaney (DailyFeats.com) talking about the impact of the Internet on happiness.  Ogilvy had artists creating visual concept maps of the talks that are very cool.  Our artist was the incredibly talented Sunni Brown.

SxSW Panel: Does The Internet Make You Happy

Those of you who know me will recognize my point of view – I start with the giant “NO” arguing that the Internet is just a tool but it is a powerful facilitator for many things that do contribute to happiness.

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About Dr. Pamela Rutledge

Pamela Rutledge is a consultant, author, researcher, and the Director of the Media Psychology Research Center. Her area of expertise is positive and cognitive psychology applied to emerging technologies and the use and impact of social media, narrative, and transmedia storytelling on branding, messaging, and consumer behavior. She is Adjunct Faculty at the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology and Fielding Graduate University and an instructor of Media Psychology, Social Media and Transmedia Storytelling at UCLA Extension and UC Irvine Extension. Pam is also on the advisory board for UC Irvine Extension Business School's certificate program in Internet and Social Media Marketing. Pam develops workshops and presentations to teach Transmedia Storytelling for Marketing and Branding for both for-profit and not-for-profit organizations..

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