Neuromania: The 8 Fallacies of Fanatical Neuromarketers

David Penn of Conquest presented “Neuromania: Why We Need to Re-humanize Research” at the NewMR Virtual Festival. “You’ve probably heard of neuroscience and neuromarketing. As for neuromania, you probably haven’t heard of that.” Some definitions: Neuroscience is “the...

Surveys Without Scales – NewMR and Facial Imaging

At the 2011 NewMR Virtual Festival, Alistair Gordon of Gordon & McCallum discussed NewMR and facial imaging and how it could be revolutionary for new market research. As with my NewMR presentation, Alistair was a defender of surveys. “Survey are simple...

Review of a Decade of Netnography Research

In an ESOMAR 3D 2011 presentation, Gregor Jawecki of HYVE reviewed the past decade of netnography research to understand its implications for future social media analysis. What is netnography? “Netnography uses natural occurring and openly accessible consumer...