Does any body know if this is being shown at another time. My TV
guide does not list the programme tonight at 9!
Stuart
> From:
"Cubby, Christine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: FW: Media Alert Psychology Series, 4/16 9pm
> Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 11:09:32 -0400
> Thought some of you might be interested in this --
> Chris
>
> Christine Cubby
> Director, Governance and Communications
> Education Directorate
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>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Phil Zimbardo [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2001 1:35 AM
> > To: Martin Seligman; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Media Alert Psychology Series, 4/16 9pm
> >
> > Dear friends, family and colleagues:
> > I was just notified of a 3-part psychology series that will be shown
> > starting next week (MONDAY NIGHT, APRIL 16, 9-11 PM) on the Discovery
> > Channel that might be of interest to you (teachers might want to have a
> > tape recorder set since much of the material can be used in the
> > classrooms), and perhaps alert others to this event. I don't think there
> > are plans for reruns.
> >
> > The program is called THE HUMAN ZOO, it was produced in London last year
> > (by Granada Media and London Weekend Television). I served as chief
> > scientific consultant and on-screen analyst in various portions of the
> > three hour-long programs (first 2 programs will air 4/16, not sure of
> > timing of the 3rd show). I think it represents some of what is best in
> > Reality TV, when done responsibly and with respect for the intelligence of
> > the audience. What the success of the current crop of reality TV in the
> > U.S. and overseas tells us is that human behavior is fascinating to
> > observe. I believe this is even more true when experts help the public
> > give that behavior meaning and focus their observations, and this is what
> > the Human Zoo series attempts to do.
> >
> > The 3hour series summarizes a week that a diverse group of 12 stranger
> > volunteers spent together in a remote lake district locale in England. We
> > observe them engaging in a host of basic psychological processes, captured
> > mostly by hidden cameras, and analyzed on-line by psychologists (me and a
> > British social psychologist) for what the various behaviors of these
> > individuals, and their groups, represents. For each of the key phenomena
> > observed in this Reality TV documentary there is a cut away to real world
> > demonstrations in mini experiments, interviews, and archival footage in
> > personnel offices, shopping malls, trains, businesses, schools, sporting
> > events, and with ordinary people in the streets. Some are designed as
> > Candid Camera- like scenarios.
> >
> > Among the topics illustrated are: first impressions, impression management
> > and formation, deviance and rejection, conformity, compliance, group
> > formation, group dynamics and power, non verbal behavior, bystander
> > intervention, lie detection, social attraction, the power of physical
> > appearance, and more. British psychological experts discuss each of the
> > underlying processes revealed in these behavior modules. The behavioral
> > changes of the dozen research participants forms the link between the
> > three programs.
> >
> > Hope you get a chance to view it and enjoy it.
> > Phil Zimbardo
> > Psychology Dept
> > Stanford University
> >
>
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