Category: Mainstream Media

  • Making a video viral

    The headline above is deliberate in the order in which I put the two key words: ‘video’ and ‘viral.’ I hear a lot of talk about viral videos, as in “We’re creating a viral video.” And my new favourite which…

  • What you can learn from the FT

    Lots of people have lots of opinions about news and information online and what the future might be for mainstream media in a time of declining circulations and advertising revenues, not to mention a severe recession. The Financial Times seems…

  • Capturing the zeitgeist

    The always-excellent cartoonist Matt sums things up very nicely in today’s Daily Telegraph with this front-page cartoon. In such a British tongue-in-cheek way, it captures the zeitgeist surrounding two highly topical and opinion-provoking events that have dominated the mainstream media…

  • Ignore the noise

    Plenty of heaving shoulders and taking deep breaths this week over some of the utter drivel published in the mainstream media about Twitter and other social media. It’s mostly about Twitter, though. There’s so much of it – it’s not…

  • It’s the economy, right?

    I don’t know about you but I get confused every time I watch the news on TV, hear it on the radio or read about it online. It’s that ‘e’ word – the economy. Every time it’s mentioned, I get…