RE: taboos

From: Lawrence DeBivort (debivort@umd5.umd.edu)
Date: Mon Apr 02 2001 - 16:05:23 BST

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From: "Lawrence DeBivort" <debivort@umd5.umd.edu>
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Subject: RE: taboos
Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 11:05:23 -0400
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    -----Original Message-----
    From: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk [mailto:fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk]On Behalf
    Of Wade T.Smith
    Sent: Monday, April 02, 2001 10:35 AM
    To: memetics list
    Subject: RE: taboos

    On 04/02/01 10:21, Lawrence DeBivort said this-

    >One could easily imagine a situation in which a subliminal signal that is
    >broadcast is picked up consciously by some, unconsciously by some, and not
    >at all by others; the first group simply is more perceptive, attentive, or
    >alert to weak signals than the others. So a subliminal signal might be
    >'caught' consciously by some, affect some unconsciously, and be entirely
    >missed by others.

    Wade:
    Granted some people might detect a flash frame left in a hastily edited
    TV commercial- but _not granted_ that, they, or anyone else's behavior
    upon apprehending this flash frame would be altered in any way.

    LdB:
    Agreed. That is what needs to be investigated.

    <snip>

    Wade:
    But, perhaps not- the republican ad, for instance, is easily explained (I
    have experience in video production and editing) as a too-quickly edited
    and proofed chyron effect. That is what it looked like to me, and still
    looks like to me.

    LdB: What is a chyron?

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