“The diversity revolution [in the news media] was supposed to increase readership and enhance credibility. Just the opposite has resulted. How long will it take the business to figure this out?” LongMediaFiguresRevolutionDiversityNewsOppositesIncreaseCredibilityNews MediaReadership Author:John Leo
“Everyone can have health care. Everyone can earn a living wage. We can educate all our kids - well. But none of that happens unless there's a political revolution. And it's not going to happen unless we deal with corporate control of the media.” WellsHappensCareKidsPoliticalDealsMediaRevolutionHealth CareCorporateEducateLiving WagePolitical Revolution Author:Bernie Sanders
“Communication media enabled collective action on new scales, at new rates, among new groups of people, multiplied the power available to civilizations and enabled new forms of social interaction. The alphabet enabled empire and monotheism, the printing press enabled science and revolution, the telephone enabled bureaucracy and globalization, the internet enabled virtual communities and electronic markets, the mobile telephone enabled smart mobs and tribes of info-nomads.” PeopleActionFormSocialCommunityGroupsMediaCommunicationRevolutionInternetCivilizationSmartPressesRateAvailableScalesEmpiresCollectivesInteractionTribesBureaucracyTelephonesGlobalizationMobilePrintingAlphabetNomadSocial InteractionPrinting PressMonotheismCollective Action Author:Howard Rheingold
“I suppose I'm qualified to some degree to speak about the nature of contemporary media, as that's where I currently work. People, I think have been beyond trained - coded to not anticipate change; to think that change is implausible. Almost weaned off. It had to be a revolution bred out of us.” PeopleThinkingHas BeensSpeakMediaRevolutionDegreesContemporaryQualifiedAnticipate Author:Russell Brand