Category Archives: Media
It’s the Apocalyse, Stupid!
Funnyman composer nerdy mathematician Tom Lehrer had it about right — when it came to things going south. “Hello Mom I’m off to drop the bomb So send me a salami And try to smile somehow I’ll see you soon … Continue reading
Is Email Really Dying?
The Wall Street Journal’s Technology Report (Monday, October 12, 2009), opines that “…Email no longer rules.” No, it doesn’t. The dominant infocom paradigm — with the most rapid growth — is social media, as the Wall Street Journal piece explains. … Continue reading
Filed under Social Media
Beer Diplomacy
One of my earliest posts to this blog about something I called ‘twitter diplomacy’. Last winter, amid the Israeli-Hamas skirmish over Israel’s retalliation over captured soldiers, an item appeared in the New York Times about social media. It seems that … Continue reading
Filed under Crisis Communication, Ethics, Media, Politics, Public Relations, Sociology
Kill the Messenger
One of my outstanding Harvard Extension School students sent me the video that’s linked above. It’s a tale of skulduggery — how a powerful company can pressure, bully and threaten a news organization when the company’s neck is on the … Continue reading
Filed under Crisis Communication, Ethics, Media, Politics, Public Relations
Twitter and the Age of Crisis
“I am Married to a Crowd” Boston Globe, Friday, April 11,2009, A-15. My wife (Twitter handle: @GirlsSentAway) was the muse for this article and its star. According to Boston Globe statistics, of 5,200 Globe articles tracked, the humor piece about … Continue reading
Filed under Literary Criticism, Personal Essays, Social Media, Technology
Why Newspaper Deaths Should Scare Talk Radio
Tuesday, March 17, 2009. St Patrick’s Day. The Irish are drinking their beer and the newspaper folk are crying in it. It’s grievous to read the news today, oh boy, that the Seattle P.I. published its final issue this morning. … Continue reading
Filed under Media, Political Communication
Music in the Snow
OK. Here’s a bit of parallel thinking about a snowfall heading up the coast from Florida to Boston. See if you can navigate all this without losing your balance and falling into the slush. Let’s begin with some music. James … Continue reading
Filed under Literary Criticism, Media, Music, On Writing
Newspapers Die, but Not Graceful News Writing
To answer those who continue to make the silly claim that graceful writing has somehow been obviated by the Internet or by streaming video; and to rebut those who argue that news writing somehow lacks the creativity of other kinds … Continue reading
Filed under Current Affairs, Media, On Writing
