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Drug Trafficking, Communication Networks, and Relational Frame Theory: A Commentary on Sanguinetti and Reyes

Drug Trafficking, Communication Networks, and Relational Frame Theory: A Commentary on... Behavior and Social Issues, 20, 118-121 (2011). © Todd A. Ward. Readers of this article may copy it without the copyright owner’s permission, if the author and publisher are acknow- ledged in the copy and the copy is used for educational, not-for-profit purposes. doi: 10.5210/bsi.v20i0.3926 DRUG TRAFFICKING, COMMUNICATION NETWORKS, AND RELATIONAL FRAME THEORY: A COMMENTARY ON SANGUINETTI AND REYES Todd A. Ward University of Nevada, Reno Skinner’s (1981) cultural selection involves the transmission of behavior across individuals based on its ability to improve one’s daily life. In the globalized information age of today, such transmission can occur with blinding speed through a variety of communication networks (e.g., the Internet, 24-hour news cycle, smart phones, etc…). One advantage is that our behavior can come under the control of increasing amounts of stimuli to which we may have no direct contact. In this way, the behavior of millions can be mobilized with a speed that was unthinkable just decades ago. For example, Mohamed Bouazizi’s recent self-immolation in Tunisia sparked the series of revolutions known as the Arab Spring (Abouzeid, 2011). Similarly, the current Occupy protests, which originated in New York, went global in less than a month (Occupy Wall Street, 2011). http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Behavior and Social Issues Springer Journals

Drug Trafficking, Communication Networks, and Relational Frame Theory: A Commentary on Sanguinetti and Reyes

Ward, Todd
Behavior and Social Issues , Volume 20 (1) – May 1, 2011
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Psychology; Clinical Psychology; Personality and Social Psychology
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Behavior and Social Issues, 20, 118-121 (2011). © Todd A. Ward. Readers of this article may copy it without the copyright owner’s permission, if the author and publisher are acknow- ledged in the copy and the copy is used for educational, not-for-profit purposes. doi: 10.5210/bsi.v20i0.3926 DRUG TRAFFICKING, COMMUNICATION NETWORKS, AND RELATIONAL FRAME THEORY: A COMMENTARY ON SANGUINETTI AND REYES Todd A. Ward University of Nevada, Reno Skinner’s (1981) cultural selection involves the transmission of behavior across individuals based on its ability to improve one’s daily life. In the globalized information age of today, such transmission can occur with blinding speed through a variety of communication networks (e.g., the Internet, 24-hour news cycle, smart phones, etc…). One advantage is that our behavior can come under the control of increasing amounts of stimuli to which we may have no direct contact. In this way, the behavior of millions can be mobilized with a speed that was unthinkable just decades ago. For example, Mohamed Bouazizi’s recent self-immolation in Tunisia sparked the series of revolutions known as the Arab Spring (Abouzeid, 2011). Similarly, the current Occupy protests, which originated in New York, went global in less than a month (Occupy Wall Street, 2011).

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Published: May 1, 2011

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