“Today enormous effort goes into convincing the American public that we're just consumers of media manipulation and sound-bites and spin doctors. That we care only about ourselves, money, and stuff. That acting out of passion and conviction doesn't make a difference. But all history shows that it does.” DoeShowsCareTodayPassionStuffSoundDifferencesEffortActingMediaDoctorsConvictionEnormousConsumersMaking A DifferenceManipulationBitesConvincingMedia ManipulationActing OutSound BitesSpin Doctors Author:Bernardine Dohrn
“Some of the power has shifted from companies to people. Using social media tools (blogs, wikis, tagging, etc.) more individuals are creating semi-spontaneous 'groundswells' of opinions to which companies and other institutions are realizing they must respond. From marketing to consumers organizations are being pulled into engaging with individuals.” PeopleIndividualSocialRealizingCompanyOpinionMediaCreatingToolsOrganizationInstitutionsMarketingSocial MediaConsumersEtcSpontaneousEngagingConnectingBlogsWikis Author:Charlene Li
“Capital burns off the nuance in a culture. Foreign investment, global markets, corporate acquisitions, the flow of information through transnational media, the attenuating influence of money that's electronic and sex that's cyberspaced, untouched money and computer-safe sex, the convergence of consumer desire--not that people want the same things, necessarily, but that they want the same range of choices.” PeopleWantDesireChoicesCultureSexInfluenceMediaInformationSafeComputerFlowInvestmentConsumersCorporateRangeAcquisitionNuanceConvergence Book:Underworld: Picador Classic Source: Underworld: Picador Classic
“Humor and absurdism are inevitable. If you look at our current massive flow of consumer products and digital communication and related media from a sort of astute perspective and carefully state what you see you can't help but sounding like you're joking.” IfsLooksStatesHelpingMediaProductsCommunicationLike YouPerspectiveFlowCurrentsConsumersInevitableRelatedDigitalMassiveAstute Author:Aaron Belz
“From the consumer point of view, there may be questions about whether you'll have to be an AOL subscriber to get Time magazine, ... That combination of media with the access is one through which you may be able to block access to your competitors' subscribers.” MayAbleViewsMediaPoint Of ViewAccessBlockMagazinesConsumersCombinationCompetitorsTime Magazine Author:Charlene Li
“Everybodys saying, be skeptical of Wikipedia. That is true. They should also be skeptical of everything. We should all be critical consumers of the media.” ShouldMediaCriticalConsumersSkepticalWikipedia Author:Sue Gardner
“The Internet, too, has strong attributes of a public good, and has undermined the “private good” attributes of old media. Internet service providers obviously can exclude people, but the actual content -the values, the ideas- can be shared with no loss of value for the consumer. It is also extremely inexpensive and easy to share material. Sharing is built into the culture and practices of the Web and has made it difficult for the subscription model to be effective.” PeopleMadeIdeasValuesCultureStrongEasyDifficultLossPracticeShareMediaMaterialsInternetModelsBuiltMade ItConsumersAttributesProvidersPublic GoodInexpensiveSubscriptionService Providers Author:Robert Waterman McChesney
“Social media, especially Twitter, has completely changed the fashion and media industries - we now can go direct to consumers in a nanosecond - amazing way of distributing content - right to the point.” WaySocialMediaFashionChangedIndustryDirectSocial MediaConsumers Author:Kelly Cutrone
“I think as consumers Europeans are a lot more artist loyal irrespective of the genre of music or the type of project or the collaborative effort, and Americans are more media-loyal, because they need to be fed that media to know what's going on, because we're so inundated with promotion and marketing and everything that's going on - advertising.” ThinkingKnowsNeedsArtistEffortMediaTypeProjectsMarketingAdvertisingConsumersGenreFedsLoyalPromotionGenres Of MusicCollaborative Effort Author:Serj Tankian
“The consistent growth in overall revenues shows marketers may be shifting more of their total advertising budgets to online. This is a natural development as research shows more consumers are spending a larger percentage of their media time online, while the flow of advertising dollars follows.” MayShowsGrowthNaturalMediaDevelopmentResearchFlowDollarsSpendingAdvertisingConsumersBudgetsConsistentOnlineRevenueShiftingPercentagesMarketers Author:David Silverman
“I just think we as consumers of information media must be very clear what it is we are consuming. Whether we are choosing to get our information by listening to people fight about it. Or whether we're choosing to get it by listening to the facts or watching the facts as they're laid out and then reaching our own conclusions. It's very different ways of info gathering, but it's not all journalism.” PeopleThinkingWayDifferentFactsFightingClearMediaInformationListeningConclusionJournalismConsumersDifferent WaysReachingGatheringConsuming Author:Gwen Ifill
“When you're working in the business and you are genuinely trying to do what's right for consumers, and you're trying to genuinely do what's right for suppliers, but the word doesn't get out, the word doesn't get heard because frankly the media is not interested because it hasn't got a conflict attached to it.” TryingHeardMediaConflictConsumersNot InterestedSuppliers Author:Ian McLeod
“What would a church look like that created space for quietness, that bucked the celebrity trend and unplugged from noisy media, that actively resisted our consumer culture? What would worship look like if we directed it more toward God than toward our own amusement?” IfsLooksCultureChurchSpaceMediaWorshipConsumersTrendsAmusementNoisyQuietnessConsumer Culture Author:Philip Yancey
“By providing memorable social media customer service, companies not only create deeper connections with consumers, but they glean valuable insights on how to improve their products or services.” SocialCompanyMediaProductsConnectionsDeeperValuableSocial MediaInsightCustomersConsumersMemorableProviding Author:Amy Jo Martin
“Beats is inherently different: the company is a consumer electronics company but also a media company; a packaged goods company but also an entertainment company.” DifferentCompanyMediaBeatsEntertainmentConsumersGoodsElectronics Author:Luke Wood
“Media coverage of the legislative fights is overwhelmingly negative for agriculture interests. The impression left among consumers is that the proponents had something to hide.” FightingLeftInterestMediaNegativeImpressionConsumersAgricultureCoverageMedia Coverage Author:Wayne Pacelle