“Appeal to all scholars of stupidity in the world. Come to Italy, this country has the highest rate of morons of the universe, especially among political, bureaucratic, judicial, religious, intellectual, artistic, and mass media members, so it is the best place to develop your own field research.” WorldCountryPoliticalUniverseReligiousMediaFieldsMembersHighestMassIntellectualResearchRateStupidityArtisticAppealsScholarJudicialMoronMass MediaBest Place Author:William C. Brown
“I guess Twitter is the first thing that has been attractive to me as social media. I never felt the least draw to Facebook or MySpace. I've been involved anonymously in some tiny listservs, mainly in my ceaseless quest for random novelty, and sometimes while doing something that more closely resembles research.” FirstsHas BeensSometimesSocialFeltMediaInvolvedDrawsResearchSocial MediaTinyAttractiveQuestsNovelty Author:William Gibson
“I did extensive research on media and anorexia and found out that the fashion magazines are to blame in a way. They project an image of a woman that is completely absurd, but girls and women believe they should be very skinny. They don't look like real woman anymore.” WayShouldBelieveLooksRealGirlFoundMediaFashionProjectsResearchBlameAbsurdMagazinesSkinnyAnorexiaReal WomenFashion Magazines Author:Oliviero Toscani
“The consistent growth in overall revenues shows marketers may be shifting more of their total advertising budgets to online. This is a natural development as research shows more consumers are spending a larger percentage of their media time online, while the flow of advertising dollars follows.” MayShowsGrowthNaturalMediaDevelopmentResearchFlowDollarsSpendingAdvertisingConsumersBudgetsConsistentOnlineRevenueShiftingPercentagesMarketers Author:David Silverman
“We did tons of research. We went to visit a prison. We had speakers. We have read tons of supplementary material, books and articles. We are constantly emailing articles around the writers' room. We have dipped ourselves in prison culture and lore and media, and the experience and the people. We really want to be as informed as possible.” PeopleWantBookCultureRoomsMediaMaterialsResearchPrisonArticlesSpeakers Author:Jenji Kohan
“I began to firmly change my mind when I saw how young Egyptians used Facebook, for example, to begin to coalesce their social justice movement in their country. And a good Iranian friend of mine showed me how also in Iran, till the government shut it down, much was communicated via social media. So I'm not against. I use the internet regularly to do research. It's great but you have to use your discernment, especially if researching content.” IfsMindCountryUseGovernmentYoungUsedSocialJusticeSawsMediaExampleMovementMinesInternetResearchSocial JusticeSocial MediaIranDiscernmentIranian Author:Micheline Aharonian Marcom
“The film festival is in a town in Arkansas, a quintessentially American town with a little town square. It's to champion women and diversity in all media, so TV, movies, eventually, digital, whatever you get into. That's the goal. We're using the same philosophy as my institute, which is to make it research-based and really try to work directly with filmmakers and content creators and move the needle. It's the only film festival in the world where the prizes are guaranteed distribution.” WorldTryingLittlesPhilosophyFilmMovingGoalMediaTvsDiversityResearchTownsCreatorChampionFilmmakerDigitalPrizeSquaresDistributionFestivalsNeedlesInstituteArkansasFilm FestivalsLittle Towns Author:Geena Davis
“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
“When we do work in places like China and Vietnam, research tends to be really effective as a way of getting change, whereas in more open places, mobilization and the creation of public pressure through the media often seem to be the things we try.” WayTryingSeemsMediaCreationResearchPressureChinaVietnamMobilization Author:Duncan Green
“I have to be very clear and very honest. I'm not asking [ the American officials] to believe if they don't want to believe. This is reality, I'm telling you the reality from our country. We live here, we know what is happening, and they have to listen to people here. They cannot listen only to their media or to their research centers. They don't live here ; no one lives here but us.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantBelieveCountryRealityClearHonestMediaHappeningsResearchAskingOur CountryOfficials Author:Bashar al-Assad