However you come out on the politics of the “to-fund or not-to-fund” ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) issue, the radical change in House and Senate’s support for funding of the organization (or defunding as the case may be) is an excellent example of the impact of new media technologies. Information travels across [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Politics & Policy'
Social Media Networks Get the Word Out. Just ask ACORN.
September 18th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Culture & Change, Politics & Policy, Social Media
Rebranding Nigeria in Global Brains
April 10th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Brands & Markets, Global, Social Media
Nigeria has recently embarked on a rebranding effort to improve their image worldwide. Global perceptions are important in attracting the kinds of things an emerging economy needs to improve the living standards and opportunities of its people: tourism, trade, foreign direct investment and foreign financial assistance, or even to meet the UN recommended Millennium Development [...]
Politicans Have a Vested Interest in Traditional Media
March 1st, 2009 · No Comments · Politics & Policy, Social Media
It’s hard (for me anyway) to not continually reflect on technology and emerging behaviors–and how that cycle manifests in the next technological development. I was reading Citizen Marketers today and the authors mentioned McLuhan’s remarks about the political changes resulting from the widespread introduction of television. This got me to the larger implications [...]
Hang in There Jack: A Case Study in Cross-Platform Digital Storytelling
February 25th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Brands & Markets, Politics & Policy, Social Media, Technology
Why would someone use television ads, billboards, and print to drive people to online and social media sites?
1) For the right audience, social media has lots of advantages, speed of dissemination, trust, interaction, expectations, collaboration, and emotional investment in user-generated content, engagement, curiosity, or
2) you are trying to look very hip and don’t care if [...]
Tags: Branding·Facebook·Jack in the Box·Social network·twitter
As We Close Guantanamo, Remember Milgram’s Studies
January 27th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Culture & Change, Politics & Policy, Society
One of my favorite blogs, Cognitive Daily, posted an article reviewing the publication of a study by Berger replicating the famous experiments by Stanley Milgram in the 1960s and 1970s. Milgram’s experiments tested obedience to authority by having a study volunteer administer electric shocks to an anonymous participant under the direction of a person [...]
Tags: abuse of power·Berger·Guantanamo·Milgram·personal responsiblity·Pogo
