Just Say No to the Drug War?
The latest news from our friends at The Socionomics Institute
By Alexandra Lienhard
6/2/2011 10:45:00 AM
 On June 1st, the Global Commission on Drug Policy released a landmark report with a blunt message: The War on Drugs has failed. The United States and Mexico almost immediately rejected the report’s findings and recommendations as “misguided.” Shocking to some, these headlines don’t surprise researchers at The Socionomics Institute.
Filed Under: drug war, media tip, war on drugs, marijuana legislation, socionomics, social mood
Category: Cultural Trends
By Alexandra Lienhard
5/18/2011 3:15:00 AM
Everyone knows that bear markets deflate financial values. Most people don’t realize that society’s mood during bear markets also degrades academic performance and even undercuts society’s very attitude toward higher education, according to a recent study from the Socionomics Institute.
Filed Under: socionomics, social mood, education
Category: Cultural Trends
La legalización de las drogas: ¿Está cerca?
Drug legalization: is it near? - The latest news from our friends at The Socionomics Institute
By Alexandra Lienhard
4/12/2011 3:00:00 PM
Miles de ciudadanos mexicanos han salido a las calles para exigir el fin de la violencia provocada por la guerra contra las drogas. De acuerdo con los investigadores del Socionomics Institute, este es el comienzo de lo que ha de venir, y este conflicto puede afectar a las ciudades estadounidenses en poco tiempo.
Filed Under: socionomics, social mood, marijuana prohibition, the war on drugs, mexican violence
Category: Cultural Trends
By Alexandra Lienhard
4/12/2011 4:45:00 AM
Analysts at the Georgia-based Socionomics Institute say declining social mood is fueling secession sentiment worldwide, threatening the ties that bind nations, and groups of nations, together.
Filed Under: socionomics, social mood, civil war, secessionism
Category: Cultural Trends
By Alexandra Lienhard
4/6/2011 2:00:00 PM
Despite a growing population, U.S. traffic fatalities have fallen to their lowest level in 62 years. Most social scientists attribute the drop to a poor economy. Euan Wilson and other researchers at the Socionomics Institute have a different take.
Filed Under: socionomics, social mood, traffic fatalities, recession
Category: Cultural Trends
By Alexandra Lienhard
3/25/2011 1:30:00 PM
Dr. Johan Bollen and Huina Mao of “Twitter predicts the stock market” fame will address the 2011 Socionomics Summit on April 16 in Atlanta.
Filed Under: socionomics, social mood, socionomics summit, twitter mood
Category: Cultural Trends
By Alexandra Lienhard
3/15/2011 3:45:00 PM
The Socionomics Summit will feature a dozen speakers including five scientists whose work has captured the attention of the media. The summit will be held on April 16, 2011 at the Georgia Tech Hotel and ConferenceCenter in Atlanta, Georgia.
Filed Under: socionomics, social mood, socionomics summit
Category: Cultural Trends
By Alexandra Lienhard
11/30/2010 1:45:00 PM
The WikiLeaks controversy will prove to be the first minor skirmish of an epic battle over unregulated Internet and relinquished freedoms, according to a free report now available from The Socionomics Institute.
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Category: Cultural Trends
By Alexandra Lienhard
8/31/2010 11:15:00 AM
Fun-loving, hard-working Felix the Cat was born in the 1920s, as the stock market soared and climbed to new highs. As prices dropped and the 1930 bear market hit, Betty Boop, a scantily dressed, care-free "flapper" entered the scene. Was Betty’s sudden emergence and immediate popularity a coincidence? Cultural analysts at the Socionomics Institute say no.
Filed Under: socionomics, social mood, bear market, press release
Category: Cultural Trends
Loose Bps Sink Ships
Latest News from Our Friends at The Socionomics Institute
By Alexandra Lienhard
8/13/2010 11:15:00 AM
Does an unregulated Internet undercut governments' ability to control information? Military officials claim recent whistleblower website Wikileaks is putting our troops at danger. As government scrutiny continues, so too will Internet regulation and government control says researcher Alan Hall.
Filed Under: socionomics, social mood, press release
Category: Cultural Trends
By Alexandra Lienhard
8/5/2010 1:15:00 PM
In their "I Want to Hold Your Hand" heyday, The Beatles literally caused teenage girls to swoon. As lovelorn lyrics gave way to the angry chords of "Why Don't We Do It In The Road" and "Helter Skelter," the public turned on them with bans, boycotts and record burnings. The band's eventual breakup has been blamed on everything from drugs to Yoko Ono, but researchers at the Socionomics Institute in Gainesville, Ga., have a simpler explanation.
Filed Under: socionomics, social mood, press release
Category: Cultural Trends
By Alexandra Lienhard
6/2/2010 3:00:00 PM
The Justice Department just launched an investigation to determine if the spill violates criminal or civil laws and President Obama is promising a raft of new laws designed to prevent such an ecological disaster from ever happening again. Don’t hold your breath on that last point though, say researchers at the Georgia-based Socionomics Institute.
Filed Under: socionomics, social mood, press release
Category: Cultural Trends
Throw the Bums Out
Latest News from Our Friends at The Socionomics Institute
By Alexandra Lienhard
5/24/2010 3:30:00 PM
Arlen Specter's 30-year U.S. Senate career is over and Gordon Brown never stood a chance of getting reelected as the UK’s prime minister -- but it has almost nothing to do with their political choices. Researcher Euan Wilson says when social mood is low, people are heavily inclined to vote incumbents out of office.
Filed Under: socionomics, social mood, press release
Category: Cultural Trends
Takin' It To The Streets
Latest News from Our Friends at The Socionomics Institute
By Alexandra Lienhard
5/5/2010 11:00:00 AM
The ink was barely dry on Arizona's new immigration laws when thousands of Americans nationwide took to the streets in protest of the act. Will their voices fall on deaf ears?
Filed Under: socionomics, social mood, press release
Category: Cultural Trends
A New Al Capone?
Latest News from Our Friends at The Socionomics Institute
By Alexandra Lienhard
5/5/2010 10:30:00 AM
Rethinking that trip to Mexico in light of mounting reports of drug-related violence? Don't look for it to let up anytime soon. Not only will the conflict give Prohibition-era violence in the U.S. a run for its money, researchers at Georgia's Socionomics Institute say it's likely to affect our cities before not too long.
Filed Under: socionomics, social mood, press release
Category: Cultural Trends
By Alexandra Lienhard
4/16/2010 1:15:00 PM
Will the US be home to more than 50 states a few years from now? Is the European Union on the path to civil war? Analysts at the Georgia-based Socionomics Institute say an uprising of secession sentiments worldwide is threatening the ties that bind nations, and groups of nations, together.
Filed Under: socionomics, social mood, press release
Category: Cultural Trends
By Editorial Staff
9/2/2009 10:15:00 AM
Shaved eyebrows appear to be the latest trend in high fashion, but it has the all-too-familiar look of a bear market. That's according to Elliott Wave International (EWI), a financial forecasting firm that predicts cultural trends and market patterns based on waves of social mood.
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Category: Cultural Trends
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