Tag Archives: empirical
Jonah Lehrer on Colbert
The Colbert ReportMon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Jonah Lehrer Emotions vs. Rationality in decision making. Artists need to embrace the emotional influence their work has in decision making.
Posted in pop culture example, research Also tagged comedy, media, neuroscience, perceptions, psychology Leave a comment
There is no “win”
Ok, I am kinda lovin’ Jay Smooth right now. Success means that we move further towards the ideals. Victories are only evidence that progress is possible, and that we are moving further towards those ideals. So measuring success is acknowledging the victories along the way, and realizing there is no end.
Design and the end of the world
Comment from Irene Maui about JooYoun Paek’s conceptual design/art works: I’m tired of reading and looking to design as Art, making people to be confused about it. Some people are just looking for fame, and not really thinking on giving creative answers. The world is about to explode, and we have to fill our heads [...]
Posted in art example, design example Also tagged Artist, evaluation, perceptions, pointless, science 1 Comment
PRWatch: Corporate Sponsored Slacktivism
After reading this, I wonder if artists or activists have been unwittingly influenced/inspired by some of these token, ineffective campaigns? If the culture is openly celebrating these supposed victories, one might believe they are actually effective. By Anne Landeman Recently while browsing the Web I came across UrbanDictionary.com, which is sort of a wiki of [...]
Posted in advertising example Also tagged activism, advertising, corporate, failure, metrics, perceptions, psychology, public relations, smoking 1 Comment
NYTimes: Billboards that Look Back
By STEPHANIE CLIFFORD In advertising these days, the brass ring goes to those who can measure everything — how many people see a particular advertisement, when they see it, who they are. All of that is easy on the Internet, and getting easier in television and print. Billboards are a different story. For the most [...]
Posted in advertising example Also tagged advertising, corporate, evaluation, metrics, nytimes, psychology, web anayltics Leave a comment
Rich Dahm on effect of Colbert’s Press Club speech
Rich Dahm – head writer for the Colbert Report I met Rich nearly by accident on Friday May 23rd 2008. He’s a regular looking guy, very unassuming. Todd Hanson, editor of The Onion, after his Head Writer title, introduced him as the writer of one of the most important speeches in our history. I knew [...]
On The Media: The Science of Media Relations