“The mass media causes sexual misdirection: It prompts us to need something deeper than what we want. This is why Woody Allen has made nebbish guys cool; he makes people assume there is something profound about having a relationship based on witty conversation and intellectual discourse. There isn't. It's just another gimmick, and it's no different than wanting to be with someone because they're thin or rich or the former lead singer of Whiskeytown.” PeopleWantNeedsMadeDifferentGuyCausesRichMediaConversationMassIntellectualAssumingProfoundWittyDeeperSingersFormerDiscoursePromptsWoodyMass MediaGimmicksMisdirection Book:Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto Source: Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto
“If you can laugh with somebody and relate to somebody, it becomes harder to dehumanize them. I think that most of what we are constantly bombarded with in terms of media leads you to a creation of 'the Other' and a dehumanization of 'the Other,' and it's very much an us-versus-them conversation.” IfsThinkingTermLaughingMediaCreationConversationHarderRelateVersusDehumanizationBombardedBombarded By Author:Jehane Noujaim
“The main thing [of social media] is it allows us to speak directly with our fans and customers, getting that immediate feedback, that conversation; that's what I love. It means that no matter what we are saying, if it's big or small we have a way of saying it. People connect with that.” PeopleIfsWayMeanMatterBigsSpeakSocialFansMediaConversationNo Matter WhatSocial MediaCustomersFeedback Author:Karen Walker
“You might think you're connecting with your friends on Facebook but when was the last time you went out with your friends and asked them how they were doing? When was the last time you called them and prayed with them and really had a conversation? Go ahead and do those things with social media. I get it. I really do. But if you're lacking the other things, that's when it's out of balance and you're not really connected.” IfsThinkingMightLastsSocialMediaBalanceConversationSocial MediaConnectedLackingLast TimeConnecting Author:Jeremy Camp
“It's not like I'm an introvert. You get to know me, I can have a conversation with you. But in front of the media, I'm probably more of a quiet guy.” KnowsI CanGuyMediaFrontsQuietConversationKnow MeIntrovertGet To Know Me Author:Derrek Lee
“I've never really been into doing a lot of social media, but it's a great way for people to talk amongst themselves on a large platform and to have a large conversation with people who also enjoy the same thing.” PeopleWaySocialEnjoyMediaConversationSocial MediaPlatforms Author:Mike Colter
“Not to be to be a vulgar materialist or be too reductive, but all of that was completely absent from the conversation. Instead we were told it was a "revolutionary" moment, where these new tools would inevitably displace the old media dinosaur and that things would be democratized and wasn't it great we could all collaborate on these platforms.” MomentsWould BeMediaConversationToolsRevolutionaryPlatformsVulgarAbsentDinosaurs Author:Astra Taylor
“I feel that the term "new age" is used by basically hostile media to diminish and marginalize a conversation that is very significant. It's held in place by journalists who are constantly looking for hooks and sound bites to keep them from having to make the effort of a deeper understanding and a more profound level of communication with the public.” FeelsAgeUsedUnderstandingSoundTermLevelsEffortMediaCommunicationConversationProfoundDeeperSignificantJournalistBitesHookDiminishHostileNew AgeSound BitesDeeper Understanding Author:Marianne Williamson
“Through social media, we can start a global conversation. This creates an army of advocates - the power really is in the hands of the viewers.” HandsSocialMediaConversationArmySocial MediaViewers Author:Sam Branson
“That's what it is-it's jazz. It's just jazz. That's what the whole thing is about to me. It's about what's happening right now in this context. This conversation is jazz to a certain extent. It's improvisation. What appeals to me about music is the improvization. That's what I don't like about the media-they're not living it.” WholeCertainMediaRight NowConversationMusic IsHappeningsJazzAppealsImprovisation Author:Van Morrison
“The Balkanization of the media means that nobody is having a single conversation with a single set of agreed-upon facts and assumptions the way you had as recently as the 90s.” WayMeanFactsMediaConversationAssumption Author:Barack Obama
“We're dealing with that question now, in the media. How does the judicial system work? There's never going to be a clear-cut answer, but it's a conversation and a conflict in the community. It's not a white thing or a black thing. It's a society thing and a culture thing, and we've gotta figure it out.” DoeCultureBlackCommunityWhiteAnswersClearCuttingMediaFiguresConversationConflictJudicialJudicial System Author:Mike Colter
“"Be Right Back," in which Hayley Atwell brings Domhnall Gleeson back from the dead using his social-media profile, sprang out of an unrelated conversation. Other stories you thrash away at for weeks and weeks.” StoriesSocialWeekMediaConversationSocial MediaProfile Author:Charlie Brooker
“Mostly, I stay out of social media conversations. But sometimes, they hunt me down and shoot at me anyway!” SometimesSocialMediaConversationDown AndSocial MediaHunts Author:Ani DiFranco