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Full story: FIR Interview: Jack O’Dwyer
Jack O’Dwyer is widely recognized as a voice of influence in, and a critic of, the public relations profession in the United States as well as an observer and journalist focused on the profession. His firm, The O’Dwyer Company, has been covering PR, marketing communications and related fields for 40 years. The company provides news and information about PR firms and professionals, the media, corporations, legal issues, jobs, technology, and much more through its website, weekly newsletter, monthly magazine, directories,…
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Full story: Obamaicon me!
One of the interesting things – phenomena, perhaps – of the US presidential election campaign during 2008 was how many people remade themselves to look like Barack Obama. By that, I mean the images people use to portray themselves online. Such images are typically known as avatars. The iconic image you see here, created by Los Angeles-based street artist Shepard Fairey, typified the aspirations of many people, not only in the United States. It’s also the image style that spawned…











