“But everyone cannot be there, and that is why photographers go there - to show them, to reach out and grab them and make them stop what they are doing and pay attention to what is going on - to create pictures powerful enough to overcome the diluting effects of the mass media and shake people out of their indifference - to protest and by the strength of that protest to make others protest.” PeopleEnoughShowsPowerfulPayAttentionEffectsMediaPhotographyMassOvercomingPhotographerPay AttentionIndifferenceShakesProtestReach OutMass Media Author:James Nachtwey
“...The British press... [claimed that Tony] Blair was simply Bush's poodle - a favorite phrase, bewilderingly popular, although it made no sense - and that he was ignoring the will of the British people. Considering the hacks had spent Blair's first six years in office condemning him for relying on focus groups and opinion polls for his policies - in other words, paying attention to nothing but the will of the people, or at least their whims - that seemed a little rich to me, but as I said, logical consistency has never figured highly in the British media's scale of values.” PeopleYearsFirstsLittlesMadeSaidValuesAttentionOpinionRichFocusGroupsMediaPolicyOfficeSixPressesBritishScalesPay AttentionJournalistPhrasesLogicalConsideringConsistencyPollsWhimHacksBlairCondemningPoodlesOpinion PollsFocus Groups Author:Larry King
“As black people we were out to further our equality. I don't pay attention to the controversial connotations put on by media and the undermining labels they place on us. We pay attention to what our community situation is and what we need.” PeopleNeedsBlackCommunityPayAttentionSituationMediaLabelsPay AttentionBlack PeopleControversialOur CommunityUnderminingConnotation Author:Chuck D
“I just think that the media is just making things up. I don't really pay attention.” ThinkingPayAttentionMediaPay Attention Author:Paris Hilton
“Critics worry that if we spend time paying attention to that new kind of media or technology instead of talking to each other that that is somehow isolating. But humans are fundamentally social. So I think in reality, if a technology doesn't actually help us socially understand each other better, it isn't going to catch on and succeed.” IfsThinkingHumansKindHelpingRealitySocialAttentionTalkingTechnologyWorryMediaSucceedCriticsPay AttentionEnd TimesSpend Time Author:Mark Zuckerberg
“For too long, reporters for the big media outlets have been fixated on novelty, always moving too quickly onto the next big score or the next hot get. Paradoxically, in these days of instant communication and sixty-minute news cycles, it's actually easier to miss information we might otherwise pay attention to. That's why we need stories to be covered and re-covered until they filter up enough to become part of the cultural bloodstream.” NeedsLongHas BeensEnoughStoriesBigsMightMovingNextPayAttentionMinutesMediaMissingInformationCommunicationEasierNewsHotPay AttentionThese DaysInstantScoreCyclesCoveredSixtyReportersOutletsNoveltyFiltersAlways MovingInstant CommunicationSixty Minutes Author:Arianna Huffington
“I wouldn't say that the efforts of academics to critique the media's messages are "half-hearted." As far as I am aware, the efforts scarcely exist: very few even pay attention to the question.” EffortPayAttentionHalfMediaMessagesPay AttentionHeartedCritiqueHalf Hearted Author:Noam Chomsky