The Good Citizen
Kaleigh B This week I finished my study of The Good Citizen (1998) by Michael Schudson. Schudson traces the evolution of American citizenship from the colonial era to today. He argues that just after
Rethinking Prosperity as Gross National Happiness Instead of Gross National Product
In the United States we measure prosperity using Gross National Product (GNP). In South Asia, the Bhutanese people measure their country’s prosperity using Gross National Happiness (GNH). There, success
How Does Media Rhetoric Influence Our Values As A Nation?
How exactly does media rhetoric influence our values? According to market research firm Yankelovich, the average city resident is bombarded with 3,000 to 5,000 advertisements per day. We are constantly
Big Brands and Biodiversity Synopsis
Two posts below we listened to Jason Clay, Senior Vice President of Market Transformation from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), talk about the relationship between the environment and corporations controlling