“The liberty of the press would be an empty sound, and no man would venture to write on any subject, however, pure his purpose, without an attorney at one elbow and a counsel at the other. From minds thus subdued by the fear of punishment, there could issue no works of genius to expand the empire of human reason.” MenWritingMindHumansReasonWould BeLawPurposeSoundLibertyIssuesSubjectsMediaCrimeGeniusPureSpeechEmptyConstitutionPressesPunishmentEmpiresVenturePersecutionAttorneyElbowsHuman Reason Author:Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine
“I think you want to do as much as you can for your fans. I take as many opportunities as I can when it comes to media and interviews and autograph sessions and things of that nature - as long as it's not interfering with the schedule and how much inexperience you can get on the track. When it starts to cut into that, it's kind of defeating the purpose. So that's where I draw the line.” ThinkingWantKindLongI CanPurposeOpportunityLinesCuttingFansMediaDrawsTrackInterviewsInterfereSchedulesSessionAutographsInexperience Author:John Wes Townley
“I suggest that what artists do in all media can be summarized as deliberately performing the operations that occur instinctively during a ritualized behaviour: they simplify or formalize, repeat (sometimes with variation), exaggerate, and elaborate in both space and time for the purpose of attracting attention and provoking and manipulating emotional response.” ArtSometimesPoetryPurposeArtistSpaceAttentionMediaEmotionalResponseOperationsPerformingRepeatsBehaviourProvokingTime And SpaceVariationSimplifyEmotional Response Author:Ellen Dissanayake
“Everyone is looking for a purpose in life. The reason we all go to the cinema, or online, is because we haven't found a purpose yet. We are always wondering why we're here. But I've learned that we have to create that purpose for ourselves. My purpose, which I finally found thanks to social media, is helping all of these people find their purpose.” PeopleReasonHelpingPurposeFoundSocialWonderMediaHavensSocial MediaThanksCinemaI've LearnedOnlinePurpose Of Life Author:Jerome Jarre
“All the new media will inevitably change the look, function, and maybe even the purpose of comics, but comics are vibrant and versatile, so I think they'll continue to find relevance one way or another. But they definitely won't be the same as what I grew up with.” ThinkingWayLooksPurposeMediaGrewGrew UpFunctionOne WayRelevanceVersatileNew Media Author:Bill Watterson
“I have a personal Twitter for band purposes, but I don't use social media a lot. I fall in a weird age gap. I was on band message boards when I was 16, but I was on the early curve of Facebook. I did it for work when I worked in media, and I did it for the band, but I can't relate to the idea that you live your life online.” I CanIdeasUseAgePurposeFallSocialMediaBandMessagesSocial MediaRelateBoardsOnlineGapsLive Your LifeCurvesAge Gap Author:Lauren Mayberry
“It's increasingly apparent that the absence of purpose - or of a moral language - within government, media or business, could become one of the most dangerous own goals for capitalism and for freedom.” GovernmentPurposeLanguageGoalMoralMediaDangerousCapitalismAbsence Author:Elisabeth Murdoch
“The purpose of the media is to make us all spectators, to watch. So that's why we have millions of fat children watching the games, eating and consuming and not playing themselves.” ChildrenPurposeGamesWatchesMillionsMediaEatingFatsSpectatorsConsuming Author:Malachy McCourt
“When I got into film school, it really formed a sense of who I am and my sense of feeling like an outsider. If there was some greater purpose to do this, it would be so that future generations - my kids or my sister's kids - would grow up seeing themselves in their media culture in a way that I didn't. If The Mindy Project or Master of None were on when I was growing up, I wonder if I would be interested in doing this at all” IfsWayFeelingsWould BeKidsSchoolFilmPurposeCultureGrowsWonderGrowing UpGreaterGrowingSeeingGenerationsMediaMastersProjectsWho I AmMy SisterOutsidersFuture GenerationFilm SchoolGreater Purpose Author:Meera Menon