“In Tehran, the 444 days of the Iran Hostage Crisis was the first world event in which you could literally have live events beamed into your living room. Now, every world event plays out on its own, and as a media event.” WorldFirstsPlayRoomsMediaEventsCrisisIranLiving RoomHostageTehranWorld EventsHostage Crisis Author:Chris Terrio
“People mistake their love of the technology for it being a solution. Social media is the problem, not the solution, in crisis management. It's a problem if you use it to communicate in areas where you're dealing with incredibly intense emotions and very deep conflicts.” PeopleIfsUseProblemSocialEmotionMistakeTechnologyMediaConflictSolutionsAreasManagementCrisisCommunicateSocial MediaIntenseVery DeepCrisis ManagementIntense Emotions Author:Eric Dezenhall
“They're [social media] amazing tools to communicate information - especially about different causes or crises or movements.” DifferentSocialCausesMediaInformationMovementToolsCrisisCommunicateSocial Media Author:Scarlett Johansson
“The way the media cycle works, the way the news works, and the way people's attention span works, is that we only learn that people exist when there is crisis.” PeopleWayAttentionMediaNewsCrisisCyclesAttention Span Author:Edwidge Danticat
“Let me say, it's - what a commentary it is on American media that you have to go to Russian television in order to get covered as a candidate in this election. It's pretty outrageous. And our media could solve that in a heartbeat if they actually opened it up, you know, but they don't. So I think that's more commentary on the crisis in our media.” IfsThinkingKnowsOrderMediaTelevisionLet MeElectionCrisisSolveCandidatesCoveredHeartbeatOutrageousCommentaryAmerican Media Author:Jill Stein
“For example, because I'm a lapsed geologist, I followed the eruption of Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull in 2010 in great detail, amassing a huge number of links to news articles, blog posts, scientific papers, web cams, video and photos. That archive came to the attention of Chatham House, and they then commissioned me to research the way in which the media responded to the ash cloud crisis. I think that's the only time that my degree and my career have fully intersected, and it really was a lovely moment!” ThinkingWayMomentsHouseNumbersAttentionCareersMediaExampleHugeDegreesPaperNewsResearchCrisisCloudsDetailsLovelyVideoPostsLinksArticlesAshesPapersOnly TimeBlogsVolcanoesArchivesEruptionGeologistHuge Numbers Author:Suw Charman-Anderson
“Television is a media of crisis, which means that television is a media of accidents.” MeanMediaTelevisionCrisisAccidents Author:Paul Virilio