Jeff Galak

I guess CMU likes me

Aside from hiring me, CMU is sending some strong cues that they like what I’m up to. Today I was featured on the front pages of both the CMU and Tepper websites.

I am genuinely flattered.

WZPT Star 100.7 Morning Show

I recently did an interview with Shelley Duffy of WZPT Star 100.7’s Morning Show about the Variety Amnesia paper. The segment aired this week and here’s the mp3.

And more Variety Amnesia coverage

How is it that I had no clue about any of these until I checked the JCR publicity page?

- Trick Yourself Out Of Relationship Boredom via Your Tango
- Sick of watching your favourite films? via The Times of India
- How to never get sick of watching your favourite film ad nauseum via Thaindian News
- How consumers continue enjoying their favorite experiences via ScienceBlog
- How Consumers Continue Enjoying Their Favorite Experiences via Science Daily
- Mixing memory with reality can bring pleasure to the routine via Lanka Newspaper (a Sri Lankan paper)

How to Bring Back that Lovin’ Feeling

Robin Lloyd over at Live Science also picked up on the variety paper. The article can be found here.

The article was also apparently syndicated to:
- MSNBC
- US News and World Report
- KAKE 10…an ABC channel
- WSAW 7…a CBS channel

- Yahoo! News

Mixing memory with reality can bring pleasure to the routine

I was recently interviewed by Lynne Peeples over at ScientificAmerican.com about the Variety Amnesia paper with Justin and Joe. The resulting article can be found here.

This is the first time I’ve been referred to as Professor in print. Feels pretty good!

Business Wire – Research Debunks Perception that State or National Lines Offer Protection from Swine Flu

The PR folks at Stern asked Justin to put together a press release about our borders research. Here’s what just came across business wire.

Link.

More coverage…by the weather service?

Tom picked up on this very random coverage of the TV paper on a Hawaiian weather website. Scroll down to “Interesting 5″

Hawaiian Islands weather details & Aloha paragraphs / February 24-25, 2009

The Belgian Press

As Tom put it, finally we’ve been covered by the Belgian press: http://www.standaard.be/Artikel/Detail.aspx?artikelId=D228EOVO

TV Commercials in India

Turns out the research has been picked up as far as India.

Watching commercials leads to greater enjoyment of TV programs

The Psych Files

Michael over at The Psych Files, did a very thorough podcast about the TV Commercials paper.

Have a listen here: Episode 89: Don’t Touch That Dial! Why You Should Love Commercials

Pittsburgh

My new home:

Bax & O’Brien on WAQY

Bax & O’Brien of WAQY, a Massachusetts radio station interviewed me the other day. Fun interview!

Listen here.

NPR’s Day to Day

Joel Rose asked me to go to NPR’s NY studio to chat about the TV Commercials paper. It was really interesting to be in an actual studio (as opposed to a phone interview). Of course, as always, it would have  been nice to actually get some more air time, but I’ll take what I can get.

Listen here.

Washington Post

Monica Hesse of the Washington Post interviewed me a few days ago and put out this interesting article. It speaks to the idea that TV shows are structured to include commercial breaks and that without them the flow of the program is hurt. She also applies our findings to corroborate her point. All in all, a very nice article.

Give Us a Commercial Break!

Leif Nelson on CBC Radio

Leif was interviewed on CBC’s The Point.

Have a listen. (Part 1: Start at 17:36)