There’s an article on on ABS/CBN news site (Do social networks like Twitter belong in media?) discussing, among other things, the business models of social media, if it’s possible to monetize Twitter, and whether or not Murdoch will invest in Twitter after MySpace. About 3/4 of the way down the article is a statement that [...]
Entries Tagged as 'cognitive inflexibility'
Do social networks like Twitter belong in media?
July 13th, 2009 · No Comments · Cognition, Networks, Social Media
California Prop 8: Minorities vote to block rights of other minorities
November 7th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Culture & Change, Politics & Policy, Society
I’m supposed to be packing because moving vans come tomorrow, but I had to remark on this story in the Washington Post: Most Calif. blacks backed proposition 8: 53% of Latinos Also Supported Proposition 8
In it, Vick and Surdin write:
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 6 — Any notion that Tuesday’s election represented a liberal juggernaut must [...]
Tags: cognitive inflexibility·cultural change·cultural re-definition·mental models·Prop 8
Media framing: “Conservative” or Cognitive Inflexibility?
November 6th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Culture & Change, Politics & Policy, Pop Culture, Psychology, Society
Scott Kaufman in a Psychology Today blog discusses research claiming that conservatives are less creative (Are conservatives less creative than liberals?). Kaufman is fairly even-handed, but I have a problem with research that takes several political policy positions and uses that to establish that some is a “conservative” since that has a much broader social [...]
