Olympic Victory and Defeat, Frame by Frame

From NPR’s “Hidden Brain” It may sound trite, but the Olympic Games truly are a chance to witness what unites us all as human beings: Our joy in triumph and our anguish in defeat. David Matsumoto believes this truism, but on an entirely different level. Matsumoto is a professor of psychology at San Francisco State…

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Politics and Deception (Final Post)

Over the last few weeks, we’ve discussed politics and deception and the media. You can view Part 1 here, Part 2 here and Part 3 here. ** There are both verbal and nonverbal indicators to truthfulness and deception, and this week I would like to turn our attention to one of the verbal indicators of…

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Politics and Deception (Part 3)

In Part 1 of Politics and Deception we discussed about the possible deception that occurs when media outlets “report” the news. In Part 2, we continued our discussion, with the purpose of raising awareness of how bias/spin/deception may occur and influence our thinking. In this week’s blog, we continue the theme from the previous two weeks about possible…

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Politics and Deception (Part 2)

In last week’s blog we discussed about the possible deception that occurs when media outlets “report” the news. This week we continue our discussion on politics and deception, with the purpose of raising awareness of how bias/spin/deception may occur and influence our thinking. Media writers and editors are well aware of the impressions they create…

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