“If you look not just at the Arab spring, but at what I call the youth spring that has started in Europe, young people are starting to find a voice, and they are not looking to the traditional media to reflect that.” PeopleIfsLooksYoungVoiceMediaYouthSpringEuropeStartingTraditionalArab Spring Author:Shane Smith
“I want to create a rapid response team, right around the world, perhaps starting originally with our partners, similar to the one we have in the United Nations whereby, where there's a problem in our society which demands a compassionate response, an educated, informed, not just a splurgy emotional thing, but an informed compassionate response that puts yourself in the position of the other and sees all sides of the problem, not just your own, there'll be somebody poised in each society who can write to the media, write an op-ed piece, to go on TV or radio.” WorldWantWritingProblemNationsSidesUnitedPiecesTeamMediaPositionEmotionalTvsGoes OnDemandResponseStartingRadioPartnersEducatedAround The WorldOur SocietyCompassionateUnited NationsRapidsEmotional Things Author:Karen Armstrong
“Not using social media in the workplace, in fact, is starting to make about as much sense as not using the phone or email.” FactsSocialMediaStartingPhonesSocial MediaWorkplaceEmail Author:Ryan Holmes
“My main message to folks who love animals is that you can do something every day to help them. Even if you have no money or time, per se, you can find ways to contribute on any level: sharing shelter animals on social media, donating old blankets or towels to a local shelter, starting a petition online for an animal cause.” IfsWayHelpingSocialCausesCan DoAnimalLevelsMediaMessagesStartingFolksSocial MediaLocalsOnlineShelterBlanketNo MoneyCan Do SomethingAnimal LoveTowelsPetitionsAnimal Shelter Author:Alison Eastwood
“To be proactive is to educate yourself and get the word out via social media, or through one of the many animal-welfare organizations around the world, and by signing petitions, starting your own campaigns, rescuing and fostering animals, organizing cleanups, recycling, volunteering at your local animal shelter, going to eco-tourist destinations or photo safaris. This will help get the word out to the masses, and hopefully, this will bring more awareness and more compassion to animal welfare.” WorldHelpingSocialAnimalCompassionAwarenessMediaMassOrganizationStartingSocial MediaCampaignsLocalsAround The WorldHopefullyWelfareDestinationEducateShelterVolunteerTouristsSigningAnimal WelfareRecyclingProactivePetitionsEcoFosteringAnimal Shelter Author:Katie Cleary
“Some of our writers are starting to incorporate elements of social media, etc. in the work itself, which is all for the good, I think - finding new ways of being poetic.” ThinkingWaySocialMediaElementsFindingsStartingSocial MediaEtcPoeticNew Ways Author:George Saunders
“I think more and more people became aware that social media was starting to feel like a more toxic space. And, I mean - quite a lot of incidents of people getting very, very angry about all kinds of things and attacking people.” PeopleThinkingFeelsKindMeanSocialSpaceMediaAngryStartingSocial MediaAll KindsToxicAttackingIncidents Author:Charlie Brooker