Ah, but useful for marketers.
Mark
At 07:51 AM 3/28/2007, you wrote:
>"So basically according to wikipedia I'm supposed to be heavily influenced
>by
>music videos, the media, and live at home until I'm 26. I wonder why I
>moved out at 17 and didn't watch TV for 3 years...hmmm :)"
>
>As well you might. Such things are convenient shorthand at best,
>journalistic cliches at worst. They obscure detail & nuance by setting up
>fake categories & then pretending those categories represent something real.
>Presto! You're a ____________________ [fill in blank]. There is a nasty sort
>of grammar of identity there.
>
>jd
>
>
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>Joseph Duemer
>Professor of Humanities
>Clarkson University
>[sharpsand.net]
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