Most profit-driven companies respond to their customers' preferences, but apparently Walt Disney Studios doesn't have to follow that strategy, at least when it comes to the values it assigns to the heroes and villains found ...
Social Sciences
Jan 16, 2023
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Arkansas researcher examined trends in model houses in the post-World War II era and found that they represent a transformation in cultural and domestic life that continues to influence housing ...
Other
Dec 16, 2009
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Long considered an extreme reaction to fears of Armageddon and imminent nuclear disaster, 'preppers' in the US have traditionally been portrayed as motivated by extreme right-wing or apocalyptic views. New research from Dr. ...
Social Sciences
Aug 8, 2019
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Conventional wisdom has long held that Marcus Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement Association, which advocated racial self-help and the unity of the African diaspora, grew out of the heady political and cultural environment ...
Social Sciences
Aug 19, 2011
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This week, as tens of millions of Americans awaited the baseball season's first pitches, Brown University psychologist Fiery Cushman was watching more warily for the first beanballs. As someone who studies moral judgment, ...
Social Sciences
Apr 5, 2012
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With faces covered to help reduce the spread of COVID-19, some of the facial cues that people rely on to connect with others—such as a smile that shows support—are also obscured.
Social Sciences
Jun 30, 2020
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For many young adults, single life in American culture has become synonymous with sexual experimentation in both committed romantic dating relationships and casual sexual hook-ups. However, most single adults in the United ...
Social Sciences
Apr 19, 2023
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The fastest-growing racial group in the United States—Asian Americans—is also one that is consistently perceived as "foreign."
Social Sciences
Jun 27, 2019
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Arab and Muslim Americans continue to face an unusual degree of both discrimination and acceptance, according to a University of Michigan researcher who headed an in-depth study of the nation's most visible Arab and Chaldean ...
Social Sciences
Sep 9, 2009
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US technology companies, led by Microsoft, topped a league table of the world's 25 best multinational workplaces released Thursday by a New York-based human resources consultancy.
Business
Oct 28, 2011
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