“The best current evidence is that media are mere vehicles that deliver instruction but do not influence student achievement any more than the truck that delivers groceries causes change in our nutrition.” FactsCausesInfluenceMediaStudentsAchievementEvidenceMereCurrentsInstructionVehicleNutritionTruckGroceriesStudent Achievement Author:Richard A. Clarke
“Future historians will surely see us as having created in the media a Frankenstein monster whom no one knows how to control ordirect, and marvelthat weshould have so meekly subjected ourselves to its destructive and often malign influence.” KnowsKnow HowInfluenceMediaMonstersDestructiveHistorian Author:Malcolm Muggeridge
“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
“People have different emotional levels. Especially when you're young. Back then I guess most of my influences could be thought of as eccentric. Mass media had no overwhelming reach so I was drawn to the traveling performers passing through.” PeopleDifferentYoungLevelsInfluenceMediaEmotionalMassPassingPassingsPerformersOverwhelmingEccentricMass MediaPassing Through Author:Bob Dylan
“There's just so much negative media surrounding professional athletes or sports in general, whether it's kids that are pressured too much or professional athletes making mistakes that influence their family...” KidsSportsMistakeToo MuchInfluenceMediaNegativeAthleteMaking MistakesPressuredProfessional AthleteSports In General Author:Kristopher Belman
“Even if 80 percent of the population of a country are Christian believers, they will have almost no cultural influence if the Christians do not live in cultural centers and work in culture-forging fields such as academia, publishing, media, entertainment, and the arts. The assumption that society will improve simply be more Christian believers being present is no longer valid.” IfsArtCountryChristianCultureInfluenceMediaFieldsPercentPopulationEntertainmentBelieverAssumptionPublishingAcademiaForging Author:Timothy Keller
“The family circle has widened. The worldpool of information fathered by the electric media--movies, Telstar, flight--far surpassesany possible influence mom and dad can now bring to bear. Character no longer is shaped by only two earnest, fumbling experts. Now all the world's a sage.” WorldTwoCharacterInfluenceMediaInformationMomBearsDadCirclesFlightExpertsElectricSageEarnestMom And Dad Book:The medium is the massage: an inventory of effects Source: The medium is the massage: an inventory of effects
“Today religion is increasingly pushed aside by secularizing influences such as the university, the media, and politics. Rather than having a major voice in public life, religion has been relegated to the private and the personal.” Has BeensTodayChristianVoiceReligiousInfluenceMediaMajorsUniversityPublic Life Author:Paul Copan
“The schools, the courts, the media - all seem determined to erase Christian influence from public life and confine religion to the four walls of the church or home.” HomeSeemsSchoolChristianChurchReligiousFourInfluenceMediaWallCourtDeterminedErasePublic LifeFour Walls Author:Bruce L. Shelley
“We all have our own paths. That's the important thing of this movie. God's waiting there for everybody. Be true to who you are and true to your values - not to media, not to the influence of friends necessarily or people even that you admire. Be true to your heart and you'll find that path.” PeopleHeartImportantValuesWaitingPathInfluenceMediaImportant ThingsWho You AreAdmireBeing TrueBe True To Who You Are Author:Corbin Bernsen
“We have lots of heroes today - sportsmen, supermodels, media personalities. They come, they have their 15 minutes of fame, and they go. But the influence of good teachers stays with us. They are the people who really shape our lives.” PeopleTodayTeacherOur LivesInfluenceMinutesMediaPersonalityHeroShapesFameGood TeacherSportsmanSupermodel Author:Jonathan Sacks
“The Obama administration already claims the power to wage endless and boundless war, in virtually total secrecy, and without a single meaningful check or constraint. No institution with any power disputes this. To the contrary, the only ones which exert real influence - Congress, the courts, the establishment media, the plutocratic class - clearly favor its continuation and only think about how further to enable it.” ThinkingWarRealClassInfluenceMediaClaimsInstitutionsCourtCongressContraryFavorsMeaningfulEndlessChecksAdministrationEstablishmentDisputesSecrecyConstraintsBoundlessContinuation Author:Glenn Greenwald
“Social media is the greatest leadership tool ever invented. It gives you the opportunity to amplify your voice, extend your influence, and create a tribe of passionate followers who want to hear from you.” WantGivingOpportunitySocialVoiceInfluenceMediaToolsPassionateSocial MediaFollowersTribesAmplifyGreatest Leadership Author:Michael Hyatt
“The Media are corporations so... It's the concentrations of private power which have an enormous, not total control, but enormous influence over Congress and the White House and that's increasing sharply with sharp concentration of private power and escalating cost of elections and so on.” HouseWhiteInfluenceMediaCostElectionCongressEnormousCorporationsConcentrationWhite HouseEscalating Author:Noam Chomsky
“What I've started to realize is that social media is not just technology - it's become its own entity, full of energy waves. These energy waves could be a Tweet about something you are furious about, like the Keystone Pipeline, or a piece of legislation. Instantly, energy surrounds and adds traction, influence, making it come alive” EnergySocialRealizingTechnologyPiecesAliveInfluenceMediaAddWaveSocial MediaSurroundEntityLegislationTweetFuriousPipelineKeystonesTractionKeystone Pipeline Author:Ian Somerhalder
“The great danger of the media is that it gives us a very perverted view of the world. Because the focus and the repetition of messaging is on the negative, that’s what our minds start believing. This warped and narrow view of what’s not working has a severe influence on your creative potential. It can be crippling.” WorldGivingMindBelieveViewsCreativeFocusInfluenceMediaDangerNegativeSevereRepetition Author:Darren Hardy
“Right, we've got these institutions of media, these financial institutions, we have the means of distribution, we have the means of production, we have all these markets and maxims in place. How do we alter the consciousness, the fundamental unifying field? How do we influence change on that level to all of the world?” WorldMeanLevelsConsciousnessInfluenceMediaFieldsInstitutionsFundamentalsFinancialProductionsDistributionMaximsUnifyingFinancial Institutions Author:Russell Brand
“We live in a media culture and whoever controls and influences and uses media the best has the power for change.” UseCultureInfluenceMediaUsing Me Author:Paul Watson
“The similarity is that concentration of capital influences virtually everything that goes on. It influences the way the media functions, it very powerfully influences how the government works and it of course influences corporate sector elements, like say how Google or Amazon present materials that reach the public.” WayGovernmentCoursesInfluenceMediaMaterialsGoes OnElementsFunctionCorporateConcentrationGoogleVery PowerfulSimilarityAmazonGovernment Work Author:Noam Chomsky
“It's hard to predict what will happen as reading on screen becomes more of a universal norm, and when the formats dictated by social media - Twitter's 140-character limit, for instance - start to influence what we're used to.” HardCharacterHappensUsedReadingSocialInfluenceMediaLimitsUniversalSocial MediaScreensInstanceNormFormat140 Character Author:Michael Bierut
“I do believe that with more worldwide influences, the coming of the internet age and digital media, the flow of information is far greater, and people's understanding can expand more easily.” PeopleBelieveAgeUnderstandingGreaterInfluenceMediaInformationInternetFlowDigitalDigital Media Author:Kabir Bedi