Lethal Weapon: When what you watch on TV begins to matter

Several psychologists, authors, & media personalities discuss how television and images impact the human mind’s subconscious perception of race and racism. It is suggested that images on television can have an unconscious influence on your decision making and behavior beyond your conscious awareness. Some psychologists have created “Implicit Association Tests” (IAT) to measure the level of racial influences we may have latent within our subconscious. The results of these studies suggest that it is possible to harbor certain unconscious attitudes toward race/racism that are in direct conflict with our conscious belief system. The video concludes, that the environments in which we live, where television is mostly dominated by White images, may affect how you feel and behave toward yourself and others without your conscious realization. Additional Research Information Updated (05/15/2009): University of Michigan Health System: Your Child & Television www.med.umich.edu The Media Awareness Network: Kids & Racial Stereotypes www.media-awareness.ca University of Washington: The Unconscious Roots of Racism uwnews.org University of Washington: Prejudice affects 90 to 95 percent of people uwnews.washington.edu Gladwell.com: The Second Mind (Blink) www.gladwell.com WashingtonPost.com: See No Bias www.washingtonpost.com Scientific American: The Implicit Prejudice www.sciam.com Harvard Science: Prejudices we won’t admit tinyurl.com Project Implicit® www.projectimplicit.net Copies of …
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Jayhawk Buddies Flash Mob during University of Kansas Men’s Basketball game vs. Missouri 2/7/11 Rock Chalk Video, Kansas Athletics, Inc. © 2011 The Jayhawk Buddy System is a university-wide campaign that aims to promote smart decision-making on the part of students. It encourages students to look out for one another and intervene when a friend is in a situation that could potentially be damaging to personal and academic success. buddy.ku.edu
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