Distracted Is the New Drunk

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4.7 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2016

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Back in the ‘90s, health researchers planted stories against drunk driving on primetime shows. Growing Pains even killed off Matthew Perry in a crash. Now, the challenge is getting people to stop texting on the road. But we don't watch TV like we used to. So who’s the new influencer?

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0:00.0	Everybody reach in and draw a pickle egg.
0:02.8	Webber gets the black egg.
0:04.3	Stay sober tonight.
0:07.5	Got 11 episode that starts with the Simpsons.
0:10.8	Did you know that Homer and other iconic sitcom stars
0:14.7	helped make drunk driving uncool back in the 90s?
0:18.7	No!
0:22.7	You got your black one.
0:25.7	But what's the solution for distracted driving right now?
0:30.9	It's note to self the tech show about being human.
0:34.4	I'm Anouche Summerodi.
0:36.4	This week, the story behind making drinking and driving socially unacceptable.
0:41.9	And how it relates to texting and driving today.
0:45.9	We start with this man.
0:47.9	My name is Jay Winston.
0:50.9	Dr. Winston J directs the Center for Health Communications
0:54.9	at Harvard's TH Chan School of Public Health.
0:58.9	The Harvard School of Public Health wants to have impact on the public agenda
1:02.9	with the results of its academic research so that it becomes much more than simply academic research.
1:09.9	Right, so what this means is that Jay and his team strategically try to use mass media
1:15.4	to change people's, your, behavior so that you can live a healthier and safer life.
1:21.9	And the best example of how they've succeeded is the idea of a designated driver.
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