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Communication Studies, Cultural Studies, and Media Studies InfoBase
Site provides articles about many topics related to social psychology. The topics include conformity, deindividuation, diffusion of responsibility, obedience, rebellion, minority influence, conflict resolution, and advertising among many others.
Le Bon, Gustave (1841-1931)
This page at Project Gutenberg has two of Le Bon's electronic texts that have been influential in social psychology: The Crowd and The Psychology of Revolution.

Advertising and the Media

Psychology of Consumers
Site discusses the psychology of the consumer and includes the topics of culture, group influences, diffusion of innovation, perception, learning and memory, motivation, personality, emotion, attitudes, and others.

Applied Social Psychology

Aboriginal Head Start Program
The Aboriginal Head Start program is based on the Head Start Program created in the United States and has been tailored to fit the needs of Canadian Aboriginals.
Addictions
This comprehensive website provides information about various substance addictions, populations, treatment, prevention, social issues, organizations, statistics, the war on drugs and more.
Cultural Continuity as a Protective Factor Against Suicide in First Nation Youth
This article provides a nice summary of Chandler and Lalonde's article, "Cultural Continuity as a Hedge Against Suicide in Canada's First Nations.".
Fred Edward Fiedler
A brief biography is presented about Fred Edward Fiedler as well as a brief, but cohesive overview of his LPC theory.

Gender

Gender Gallery
Site highlights popular media related to issues of gender and sexual orientation. It also provides links to online discussions, organizations, and resources.

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