studying the media ecosystem
Back in the 1930s when radio was the hot new medium a show called Amateur Hour created a venue for people to parade their talents — an American Idol without the faces, so to speak.
Today the amateur has moved from entertainment to just about any field imaginable. Consider citizen journalism which author and journalism [...]
Tight & Bright: Radio reporters make copy sing. CBS Radio guy Peter King offers great insights into telling the story in the fewest possible words in this Poynter Institute tutorial. King tells interviewer Al Tompkins how he distilled a 250-page report about the Columbia space shuttle accident into this 15 second broadcast:
“Investigators say the root [...]
Captain Marvel (left) is shown here battling Superman. But the fact is that the Man of Steel won a copyright battle in the 1940s and 195os that cemented his position as a modern icon — and relegated his rival to the category of used-to-be’s.
The fate of these muscular fictions was decided in a 1951 U.S. [...]
Consumers recall advertisements they see or hear on trusted media and for most people that means television. But 18-34 year olds show a greater trust in online media than other age groups.
That according to a report from the market research firm comScore which was summarized by the Center for Media Research:
“85 percent of consumers are [...]
Dan Gillmor is the author of “We the Media” and the apostle of citizen journalism. I share Dan’s belief that new technologies give ordinary folks the tools to create journalism — that is, factual stories of real events aimed at provoking thought and perhaps even change.
But Dan’s faith in the promise of a more democratic [...]
Some people got to have it . . .
Like the Center for Open Source Radio, which is running a fund drive after rather suddenly losing its core university support. Its appeal says:
“We’re an independent, non-profit production company, and it has been no small challenge to try to replace half a million dollars a year in [...]
Guy Kawasaki, one of high-tech industry earliest and most gifted hypesters, recently wrote a blog post spelling out how he launched a web site called Truemors for a little over $12,000. I think it competes with Michael Arrington’s rumor-mongering Tech Crunch.
But I don’t care about the rumors. It’s how Kawasaki did it. And, yes, [...]
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