Category Archives: Media Musings

Traditional Media to Online Media to Social Media: Monitoring and Analysis

By Lucindigo | May 22, 2008

Many corporates have accessed media monitoring tools for years taking press clippings from hard copy publications which has more recently extended to online mainstream media monitoring, to blogs and podcasts and now further to all social media channels. A description of the latest view of the impact these channels can have on companies from a [...]

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Give them the keys, then take them away when they learn to drive?

By Lucindigo | March 10, 2008

“The individual user has been king on the Internet, but the pendulum seems to be swinging back toward edited information vetted by professionals.” Read Newsweek: “Revenge of the Experts” Here

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The myth of media objectivity - Newsweek

By Lucindigo | March 7, 2008

“Is mainstream media unbiased? No, but we aren’t ideological. What we really thrive on is conflict.” Read Newsweek article here

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Any ideas?

By Lucindigo | February 6, 2008

What would compel you to pick it up every day and keep you from putting it down? Read more Here

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Our media have become mass producers of distortion - The Guardian

By Lucindigo | February 6, 2008

“An industry whose task should be to filter out falsehood has become a conduit for propaganda and second hand news”
Nick Davies, Monday February 4, 2008
The Guardian
Read it Here

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