“You make something, and you really have fun with it, and you try to put emotion in it, and at the end of the day, you have no idea how the tide is going to fall. You don't know if everyone's going to like it, if everyone's going to hate it, if it's going to be like you're a media darling, or all of a sudden you're a sellout. You have no idea.” IfsKnowsTryingIdeasEndsHateFallFunEmotionMediaLike YouNo IdeaHaving FunThe End Of The DayTidesDarlingAnd At The End Of The Day Author:Regina Spektor
“Any form of media is an opportunity to be a mirror and reflection of what we are experiencing more in the details of our life. What makes it fun and unique in a lot of ways is how that journey is changing just by the mere fact of the current time.” WayFactsFormOpportunityFunOur LivesJourneyMediaUniqueReflectionMirrorsMereCurrentsDetails Author:Mara Brock Akil
“Making media companies that you hope to sell is not a lot of fun for anyone who cares deeply about making media.” CareFunCompanyMediaSellsWho Cares Author:John Battelle
“Intellectual respectability required mental health, and it was becoming evident to me by then that "mental health" consisted of trusting everyone about everything as much as possible - and, for good measure, poking fun at anyone who didn't. Especially to be trusted were the mass media, whose owners and personnel were not to be regarded as minions of the Establishment because, as they themselves used to attest with confidence, there was no Establishment in the United States of America. Only foreigners and paranoids believed (otherwise).” StatesAmericaUsedFunUnitedUnited StatesMediaBecomingMassIntellectualMental HealthOwnersEstablishmentTrustedUnited States Of AmericaEvidentForeignersMass MediaRespectabilityPersonnelMinionsPoking Fun Author:Kerry Thornley
“I think the biggest thing is that I have fun with the fans on Twitter and Instagram and at the show. It's a fun time to be able to communicate with all the different types of social media stuff.” ThinkingDifferentShowsAbleFunSocialStuffFansMediaTypeCommunicateSocial MediaHaving FunInstagramFun Times Author:Eric Hutchinson
“Baseball has been the greatest things in my life, but the cameras and the media surrounding baseball have not been fun. It's unnecessary. How many times do they see me stretch? How many times do they see me walk? It is a big concern. If it affected the team in a negative way, I don't know what I would do.” IfsKnowsWayHas BeensBigsFunWalksTeamMediaConcernNegativeBaseballCamerasAffectedUnnecessary Author:Ichiro Suzuki
“I play Sun-Hi, a Korean-American girl who is a social media expert and dreams of becoming a worldwide star. Being on Make It Pop is so much fun because we get to sing dance and act all in one production which is a dream come true! Working with the cast and crew is also a blast!” PlayDreamGirlFunSocialStarsSunMediaBecomingCastsProductionsSocial MediaPopsExpertsCrewDreams Come TrueBlastKorean Author:Megan Lee
“I just think it should be illegal to call somebody fat on TV. . . . I think when it comes to the media, the media needs to take responsibility for the effect that it has on our younger generation, on these girls who are watching these television shows and picking up how to talk and how to be cool, so then all of a sudden being funny is making fun of the girl who's wearing an ugly dress.” ThinkingNeedsShouldShowsGirlFunResponsibilityGenerationsEffectsMediaTelevisionTvsDressesUglyFatsIllegalTaking ResponsibilityTelevision ShowsBeing CoolYounger GenerationBeing Funny Author:Jennifer Lawrence
“In my dream I hadn't arrived at this street yet; this was just downloaded to me as this woman mentioned only the street name. It reminded me of hearing the words "Disneyland" and how we are instantly filled with joy and recognize it as a happy place full of fun. The words "Media Spring Street" created a movement of its own. When people just simply heard "Media Spring Street" it was like catching a wave of God and you wanted to get there as fast as you could!” PeopleDreamWantedJoyNamesFunHeardStreetsMediaMovementSpringFilledWaveHearingCatchingDisneylandHappy Place Author:Julie Smith
“I think if somebody does something stupid, it's okay to make fun of them, but [celebrities] have also gotten very conscious about social media, kind of like the Catholic Church in the 1500s.” IfsThinkingKindDoeFunSocialChurchMediaStupidConsciousOkayCatholicSocial MediaCatholic Church Author:Margaret Cho
“I think the media's the kind of thing where the truth doesn't win, because it's no fun. The truth's no fun.” ThinkingKindWinningFunMedia Author:Jack White
“I work in comedy, journalism, media, and technology, many of which don't have a lot of black faces in visible positions. I walk through Brooklyn with a surfboard. It's fun to challenge and expand people's expectations.” PeopleFacesFunBlackChallengesWalksTechnologyComedyMediaPositionExpectationsJournalismVisibleBrooklynBlack Face Author:Baratunde Thurston
“The other girls [in team] have experience. They've been competing on a lot of international world-class stages. They knew what to expect and what to do and what not to do. Me and Aly [Raisman] just gave them advice on the media side. We said, it's gonna be crazy. It's the Olympics. But it's gonna be fun!” WorldSaidGirlFunSidesClassTeamCrazyAdviceStageMediaInternationalOlympicsCompetingBeing CrazyOther GirlWorld Class Author:Gabby Douglas
“In Halberstram's fun house, television elected John F. Kennedy in 1960 (presumably Richard J. Daley and his precinct captains were at home on election night watching the Cook County ballots being counted on television).” HomeNightHouseFunMediaTelevisionElectionCooksCaptains1960sCountyBallots Author:Edwin Diamond
“I find social media as fun and engaging as the next person, but imagine if all the creative talent that was pouring into finding increasingly clever ways for us to broadcast daily banality (and then serve ads based on what is learned) instead focused on some of the UN Millennium goals? The world would be a better place.” IfsWorldWayPersonsWould BeNextFunSocialGoalCreativeImagineTalentMediaFindingsSocial MediaFocusedCleverAdsEngagingBetter PlacePouringMillenniumBanality Author:Scott D. Anthony
“I do worry about the press and a President Trump. You know, I think it's dangerous the entire de-legitimization that he's engaged in against all of the media because the people, as much as it's fun to hate us, they do need us. You know, they need good, strong skeptical journalists to be covering whoever it is, whether it's Barack Obama or President Donald Trump.” PeopleThinkingKnowsNeedsHateStrongFunPresidentWorryMediaDangerousTrumpPressesBarackJournalistEngagedSkepticalCovering Author:Megyn Kelly