1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910149168503321

Autore

Horgan Sheena

Titolo

Candy-coated marketing / / Sheena Horgan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cork, Ireland : , : NuBooks, , 2012

©2012

ISBN

1-84621-114-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (73 p.)

Disciplina

658.8

Soggetti

Marketing

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Copyright Page; 1: Introduction; 2: Consumer Marketing in the 21st Century; 3: Paranoid & Permissive Parents; 4: Consumer Cottonwool Kids; 5: Can Candy-Coated Marketing be Rationed?; References; About the Author; About Oak Tree Press; Nubooks

Sommario/riassunto

This eBook is the embodiment of a conviction that:   Ethical marketing is good for business;   Just as marketing for a social goal need not rule out a commercial one, marketing to children and a commercial focus are not mutually exclusive; and   By taking 'collective responsibility', brands and marketers can, and should, be making a positive difference to modern childhood.   Candy-coated Marketing portrays marketing to children as a widespread and often inappropriate business practice, but it also corroborates marketing's ability to evoke and elicit change.   Ult



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910252701803321

Autore

Restivo Sal

Titolo

Sociology, Science, and the End of Philosophy : How Society Shapes Brains, Gods, Maths, and Logics / / by Sal Restivo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017

ISBN

9781349951604

1349951609

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (370 pages)

Disciplina

190

Soggetti

Science - Social aspects

Sociology

Science - Philosophy

Knowledge, Sociology of

Social sciences - Philosophy

Science and Technology Studies

Sociological Theory

Philosophy of Science

Sociology of Knowledge and Discourse

Social Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Prologue, Part 1. Requiem for Plato and the Gods -- Prologue, Part 2. The Postmodern Context -- Chapter 1. The Science of Society -- Chapter 2. What about the Gene and What about the Brain? -- Chapter 3. The Social Lives of Minds and Brains -- Chapter 4. Thinking Machines -- Chapter 5. God and Society -- Chapter 6. The Social Construction of Mathematics -- Chapter 7. What Can a Sociologist Say about Logic? -- Chapter 8. Conclusion -- Appendix 1. Moments in the History of the Science of Society -- Appendix 2. Modelling the Social Brain.

Sommario/riassunto

This book offers a unique analysis of how ideas about science and technology in the public and scientific imaginations (in particular about



maths, logic, the gene, the brain, god, and robots) perpetuate the false reality that values and politics are separate from scientific knowledge and its applications. These ideas are reinforced by cultural myths about free will and individualism. Restivo makes a compelling case for a synchronistic approach in the study of these notoriously 'hard' cases, arguing that their significance reaches far beyond the realms of science and technology, and that their sociological and political ramifications are of paramount importance in our global society. This innovative work deals with perennial problems in the social sciences, philosophy, and the history of science and religion, and will be of special interest to professionals in these fields, as well as scholars of science and technology studies.<.