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.... read more →
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06
Jul
02
Facebook is getting serious flack for manipulating member news feeds to measure the emotional impact of positive and negative posts on member moods. Legal or not, this spells bigger trouble for Facebook because it violates the basic premise upon which their empire is founded—relationships—and the social contract of fairness. Facebook is in... read more →
Jun
27
A new app makes headlines every week as teens migrate to the next new thing, and in the way of teens, do things that horrify their parents. These are teen rituals, all the posturing, flirting and experimenting. We all did it. We just didn’t have SnapChat, YikYak, ooVoo or StreetChat to... read more →
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... read more →
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... read more →
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.