Jun
27
We’ve spent all kinds of energy worrying about girls and body image. Trends like ‘spornosexuals’ in the media (athletes and other celebrities with their shirts off showing off their abs) remind us not to neglect boys that I wrote about in a previous post (The Spornosexual: Should Beckham Keep His...
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Jun
27
According to UK journalist Mark Simpson, metrosexuals—a term he originated to describe single, urban young men with disposable income, hair gel and designer duds--are boringly normal and spornosexuals, the new, second generation metrosexuality are stealing the scene. A ‘spornosexual,’ a mash-up of sports and porn, is a hypersexual, body-obsessed man who want to be...
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Jun
09
Lots of things have gotten more casual over the years. People used to dress up to take an airplane. Not a lot of us have calling cards and silver trays. That makes lots of things more comfortable. Technology has made a big difference in the casualness and immediacy of communications....
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Jun
06
The massive response to Santa Barbara shooting shows how the immediacy of social media increases emotional involvement. The resulting conversations around the shooting—moving quickly from the tragedy itself to the larger topic of misogyny--also shows how much we are driven to engage with something more concrete to make sense out...
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Jun
05
Binge viewing is when you control what you watch and when you watch it The problem with binge viewing is that it isn’t really a problem. It represents another shift of control from producers to consumers thanks to technology. It also violates our mental model of ‘TV viewing.’ Binge viewing...
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Dr. Pamela Rutledge is available to reporters for comments on the psychological and social impact of media and technology on individuals, society, organizations and brands.