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		<title>Victoria Secret really does help you be more glamorous. Yes, yes, really!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 12:22:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hyperborean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Can a Victoria’s Secret shopping bag make you feel glamorous?” -Via PhysOrg Certain brands have personalities that can actually change the way some people feel about themselves, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research. “Why are brands such as Cartier, Harley-Davidson, and Nike so well-liked by consumers? One of the reasons [...]
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		<title>Awesome Video! Psychology of Conformity, Groupthink, &amp; Wikileaks</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Dec 2010 08:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hyperborean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Original source: SimoleonSense.com Introduction (via BrainPickings) Groupthink is one of the most troublesome downfalls of organized society. Today, it manifests itself on a sliding scale of severity, ranging from genocide to bullying to superstition to fashion fads to the “Digg mentality” of news reporting. Still, most of us refuse to believe that our opinions, perception [...]
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		<title>Got to Get You Into My Life: Do Brand Personalities Rub Off on Consumers?</title>
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		<title>Digital Screen Dependency: How “Real Life” is Now “Lived”</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 05:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicholas Carr</dc:creator>
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