World Wildlife Foundation
Field of reference: Media, Psychology
Description: On the detrimental effects of advertising on human behavior
"Published by Public Interest Research Centre and WWF-UK, this report examines the evidence that commercial advertising could exacerbate the social and environmental problems that we collectively confront."
"Think Of Me As Evil? presents evidence that advertising may increase overall consumption; that it could promote and normalise a range of behaviours, attitudes and values, many of which are socially and environmentally damaging; that it manipulates individuals on a subconscious level, both children and adults; and that it is so pervasive in modern society as to make the choice of opting-out from exposure virtually impossible."
"The report calls on the advertising industry and its clients to take responsibility for demonstrating that the impacts of commercial advertising are benign, and to support precautionary measures until such time as this is demonstrated. It also calls upon civil society organisations to pay much greater attention to commercial advertising and its possible impacts in frustrating delivery on a wide range of social and environmental outcomes."
| שייך לנושאים: 1-13 - חינוך אינטגרלי, -מקורות מדעיים, השפעת הסביבה, 4. תוצר הסביבה |
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The Guardian
Field of reference: Education, Health
Description: Research shows that depriving children of a loving family environment causes lasting damage to their intelligence, emotional wellbeing and even their physical stature.
"The report shows that emotional and cognitive impairments caused by a poor social environment can be substantially improved if living conditions are improved early enough, according to Professor Nathan Fox of the University of Maryland."
"Charles Nelson, a paediatrics specialist at Harvard University, used measurements of brain activity to assess whether a lack of social interaction and attention might harm children's neural development. Using EEG (electroencephaolograms), Dr Nelson looked at the strength of brain activity relative to children who had never been institutionalised. The measurements showed children in the orphanage had less powerful activity in all parts of their brains. In this case, placing the children into foster homes failed to bring about significant improvement."
| שייך לנושאים: 1-13 - חינוך אינטגרלי, -מקורות מדעיים, השפעת הסביבה, 4. תוצר הסביבה |
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Dr. Elizabeth Noelle Neumann
Field of reference: Sociology
Description: research on the dynamics of public opinion
"More frightened of isolation than of committing an error, they joined the masses even though they didn't agree with them"
"I have tried to substantiate empirically the process of public opinion formation through the individual's observation of his or her social environment."
| שייך לנושאים: 1-13 - חינוך אינטגרלי, -מקורות מדעיים, השפעת הסביבה, 4. תוצר הסביבה |
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Dr. Paul Bloom
Field of reference: Psychology
Description: Many examples for how our pleasure from food, sex, artwork etc. is determined by meaning and values that our environment attributes to the above
Link to the book
Link to the video lecture
| שייך לנושאים: 1-13 - חינוך אינטגרלי, -מקורות מדעיים, השפעת הסביבה, 4. תוצר הסביבה |
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Gene Weingarten
Field of reference: Psychology
Description: A Pulitzer winning article, describing an experiment in which virtuoso violinist, Joshua Bell, who can make around $1000 per minute, was playing in a subway as a street artist for 43 min., making only $32, when over a 1000 people passed by.
| שייך לנושאים: 1-13 - חינוך אינטגרלי, -מקורות מדעיים, השפעת הסביבה, 4. תוצר הסביבה |
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