THE YEAR AHEAD OFFERS a few salient peaks of interest for the media consumer. But I’m not talking of the U.S. presidential election, which already has a lackluster feel. Continue reading “2012 Media Predictions, Besides Who Wins White House” »
Stories That Set A World Ablaze
THIS MEDIA YEAR, WHICH IS closing with courtroom cameras covering Egypt’s deposed President Hosni Mubarak on trial for killing his own citizens in the streets, opened with those streets astir with protests.
A lot certainly can happen in a year, and 2011 has been an especially vintage year for news, much of it presaged by those stirrings in Egypt. Continue reading “Stories That Set A World Ablaze” »
The Phone’s Fickle Power — in Text and Image
WHAT IS THE MOST MENDACIOUS MEDIUM? We get an answer, in early word of a study to be published in next March’s issue of the Journal of Business Ethics. Continue reading “The Phone’s Fickle Power — in Text and Image” »
Century of Influence — Undervalued By Mainstream
THIS DECLINING YEAR has been the centennial of Marshall McLuhan‘s birth — the man who was, if not the father or godfather, then at least our leading prophet of media-driven political and social change. Continue reading “Century of Influence — Undervalued By Mainstream” »
Pakistan Now Worst Killing-Field for Journalists
2011 LOOKS LIKE YET ANOTHER bad year for journalists. Bad once again in the most down-to-earth terms — getting killed.
One change this year, though, occurs in that grim league-table of countries revealing which ones are the worst for a journalist to work in, measured death-by-death. Continue reading “Pakistan Now Worst Killing-Field for Journalists” »
