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Why we should take entertainment more seriously than we do.
by Peter G. Stromberg
Peter Stromberg is an Anthropologist and author of Caught in Play: How entertainment works on you. See full bio
June 30, 2009, Media

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Shadow values and, one more time, doublethink

By Peter G. Stromberg, Ph.D. on June 30, 2009 in Sex, Drugs, and Boredom

In my first couple of posts in this space I discussed our strange ideas about celebrities; more recently I've talked about "shadow values," the fact that the world of entertainment allows us to indulge and cultivate values that we deny. The two topics are related, of course. Read More

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