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Marketing Research To Make a Difference. Kelly D. Brownell Yale University. www.YaleRuddCenter.org. DIRECTOR Kelly Brownell. DEPUTY DIRECTOR Marlene Schwartz. WEIGHT STIGMA Rebecca Puhl. LEGAL Jennifer Pomeranz. SCHOOLS Kathryn Henderson. PUBLIC POLICY Roberta Friedman.
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Marketing Research To Make a Difference Kelly D. Brownell Yale University
DIRECTOR Kelly Brownell DEPUTY DIRECTOR Marlene Schwartz WEIGHT STIGMA Rebecca Puhl LEGAL Jennifer Pomeranz SCHOOLS Kathryn Henderson PUBLIC POLICY Roberta Friedman FOOD MARKETING Jennifer Harris ECONOMICS Tatiana Andreyeva COMMUNICATIONS Andrea Wilson
A Top Down Approach Global Action Federal Action State Action Local Action The Individual
The Local Innovation Approach The Individual Other People Institutions Public Opinion Government
Who Are The Change Agents And What Will It Take To Activate Them?
Potential Change Agents Needed For Activation? Outrage Legislators Litigators Parents Courts NGOs AGs Public Support, Funding Public Support Support & Legal Grounds Creative Legal Theory Opportunity
Timely and Strategic Legal Research e.g., Speech vs. Conduct
Toys in Kids Meals Ken Yeager County Supervisor Santa Clara County, CA Eric Mar San Francisco Board of Supervisors
Two Attorneys General Vermont Attorney General Connecticut Attorney General
Vermont Attorney General William Sorrell
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal
Likely Steps • Identify change agents • Develop coordinated research plan • Focus on strategic goals • Broad view of research Quick strike studies Legal research Polling • Ask “what will it take for change?”
Specific Possibilities • Strategic, well-timed polling • Framing studies • Studies documenting children as prey • Legal/Research links (e.g., misleading) • Addiction & hijacking the brain • Neuroscience & marketing
Potential Change Agents Needed For Activation? Outrage Legislators Litigators Parents Courts NGOs AGs Public Support, Funding Public Support Support & Legal Grounds Creative Legal Theory Opportunity