Group items tagged new york - Language and Literature

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"1984" is fiction, Orwell possessed a deep understanding of influence processes from social psychology, and his depictions of mind control have been used systematically and effectively by cult leaders, Zimbardo says. Others agree with Zimbardo that such findings raise ethical questions for soci
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"Big brother is watching you." Jones used this idea to gain the loyalty of his followers.
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possibly learned his ability to persuade from a famous social thinker: George Orwell.
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namely sophisticated types of compliance, conformity and obedience training
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remote South American jungle, generating uncertainty in their new surroundings, Cialdini says. And when people are uncertain, they look to others for cues on what to do, research has shown. Zimbardo notes that people are particularly vulnerable when they are in new surroundings, feel lonely or disconnected.
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"power of the crowd"
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1960s, psychologists Stanley Milgram, PhD, Leonard Bickman, PhD, and Lawrence Berkowitz, EdD, demonstrated social influence by having a group of people on a busy New York City sidewalk gaze up at nothing in the sky. When one man looked up at nothing, only 4 percent of passersby joined him. When five people stood on the sidewalk looking up at nothing, 18 percent of passersby joined them. And when a group of 15 gazed upward, 40 percent of passersby then joined, nearly stopping traffic in one minute
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Zoe Whittall’s story “This Just Isn’t Working Out,” published in This Magazine and posted on this.org, uses one-way email communications to chronicle a set of strained relationships
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Greg Kearney’s “Do You Want to Burn to Death and Look Like Steak with Hair” from his collection Pretty, and Jessica Westhead’s “And Also Sharks,”
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resonates for readers immersed in the world of Tumblr and Blogger, mySpace and Pinterest
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Zadie Smith announced her rejection of Facebook in the New York Review of Books. She accused the service of encouraging superficiality in human exchanges,
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The recent work of writer Megan Stielstra is an emblematic example of the hybridity that characterizes new short work infused with online elements.
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witness the #TuesdaySerial hashtag and emergence
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