Phi Theta Kappa presents a series of internationally televised Satellite Seminars on the organization’s Honors Study Topic of Popular Culture: Shaping and Reflecting Who We Are. Speakers are noted professors from across the nation. Anyone interested is invited to the Forum (3-130) to watch the presentation and discussion afterwards, and might be given the chance to ask a question directly via satellite. Each series begins at 7:15pm and refreshments will be provided.
The Fourth Satellite Seminar is:
Born to Buy: Advertising and the New Consumer
Speaker: Dr. Juliet Schor
Tuesday, November 8, 2005
7:15pm
Forum, 3-130
(Program is approximately an hour and a half depending on the speakers and the discussion)
Think Saturday morning cartoons are harmless? Dr. Juliet Schor will explore the impact of marketing on America's newest generation of spenders children.
Dr. Schor is Professor of Sociology at Boston College and author of several books, including Born to Buy: The Commercialized Child and the New Consumer Culture and the national best seller, The Overworked American: The Unexpected Decline of Leisure. Dr. Schor has served as a consultant to the United Nations and lectures widely throughout the United States, Europe and Japan. She has been profiled in scores of magazines and newspapers, including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and People.
Sponsored by Phi Theta Kappa.
Mchelle Macirella
Campus Center
11/01/2005 |