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Will an anti advertisement movement ever materialize? (mander.xyz)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by narwhal@mander.xyz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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There are lots of cultural opposition movements online, like against work exploitation, consumerism, car culture, surveillance, intellectual property, etc. I can find communities on lemmy for all those topics. But regarding a more general opposition to advertisements and marketing, other than the occasional person telling others to use adblockers online (what about ads in every day life?), I fail to see organized attempts to challenge advertisements. There is a lot that can be scrutinized. Ethical concerns such as manipulation, lack of consent and just the simple fact your attention is for sale. The effects range from damage to environment, to our mental health, to harming industries themselves, lowering product quality and maintaining monopolies.

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[–] AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's pretty cool, thanks for sharing. I always found psych experiments super interesting but didn't think I could make a career out of it.

[–] daannii@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago

Well the thing about careers in research is that pretty much all require at least a masters and most require a PhD.

For example. I could teach at colleges with a master's. But I'm not qualified to run experiments unless I have a PhD.

Usually only community colleges and small religious colleges hire professors with only a master's.

Most other colleges or universities prefer or require a PhD.

When I first started college, at age 24, I just wanted to get some education to get a better job.

Psych was not even on my radar.

I took a class because why not. Did well. Took a few more psych classes. Before I knew it, I had enough for it to qualify as my major.

I talked to the chair professor and told him. I didn't want to major in psych because 1. Everyone I knew who was a psych major never even finished their degree. 2. I didn't want to go to school for another 10 years to be able to work in the field.
I said I didn't want to be 40 before I finished.

He said. Dani. You are going to be 40 regardless. You want to have a degree and a career that suits you or not by the time you are 40?.

So here I am. Turned 40 in May. 😅

I may need to explain why it took me so long.

I did my associates and bachelor's half time because I worked full time during those degrees. So they took me 8 years. Then half a year gap. Then 1 year masters. Then 1 gap year. Then started PhD. 6 year program. I have 2 masters now. In the same exact field.

I was not competitive enough to get into a PhD program without research experience. That's why I had to get a master's first.

Younger people with more free time often work as research assistants. I didn't have that option as I had a full time job plus school.