“In Tehran, the 444 days of the Iran Hostage Crisis was the first world event in which you could literally have live events beamed into your living room. Now, every world event plays out on its own, and as a media event.” WorldFirstsPlayRoomsMediaEventsCrisisIranLiving RoomHostageTehranWorld EventsHostage Crisis Author:Chris Terrio
“Edgar was named as one of the players involved, but he was in my room, discussing religious subjects with me.” ReligiousRoomsPlayerFansSubjectsMediaFootballInvolvedSoccerDiscussing Author:George Boateng
“Media were never allowed into an Australian dressing room until I became skipper. I changed that and invited them in at the close of play each day, thereby confirming for many administrators they had appointed a madman as captain.” PlayRoomsMediaChangedEach DayCaptainsInvitedDressingsAustralianMadmenCommentatorsAdministratorsDressing RoomsSkipper Author:Richie Benaud
“I was highly aware, in writing [the book] ROOM, that there are unsavoury aspects to our interest in such cases, and I thought it was rather honester to include discussion of media representation in the novel itself than to cling to the high moral ground by merely avoiding scenes of voyeurism, for instance.” WritingBookInterestRoomsMoralCasesNovelMediaSceneAspectInstanceDiscussionRepresentationAvoiding Author:Emma Donoghue
“History is so fleeting and we are so busy consuming media and the contemporary culture, voraciously gobbling it up, that we have no room to look back ever, and our young people have a tough time looking back.” PeopleLooksYoungCultureRoomsMediaToughBusyContemporaryLooking BackFleetingTough TimesConsuming Author:Steven Spielberg
“A first hint of the power of the electronic media to bring disaster directly into living rooms came with the radio broadcast of the explosion of the zeppelin "Hindenburg," in 1937 . . .” FirstsRoomsMediaRadioDisasterExplosionsHintsLiving RoomZeppelinsElectronic MediaHindenburg Author:R. W. Apple
“If you have nothing to hide, if you're actually working for eight hours, or 10 or 12 hours, however long people decide to work, it's OK to have windows around conference rooms, it's OK to have cubicles. Because you're actually working. If you're not working, doing social media and spending half the day for personal stuff, then an environment like this will actually bother you.” PeopleIfsLongSocialStuffHoursRoomsHalfEnvironmentMediaWindowSocial MediaEightSpendingBotherWorking ItConferencesCubiclesPersonal Stuff Author:Marcelo Claure