Media Literacy: Who's Responsible?
We had a really interesting discussion in my Ethics of Strategic Communication class today. What started out as an analysis of “stealth marketing” techniques segued into a discussion of media literacy. There are a number of organizations that strive to protect consumers from the adverse affects of advertising and marketing (such as the FTC), but how effective are these regulations if...
Read MoreWhat's Up Google?
For the past 24-hours or so, all my Google services have been intermittently slow. That means Google Reader, Gmail, Blogger, Google Docs and so on. When they work they work fine, but when they’re slow they’re slow as molasses. It’s not just me either. Twitter is all abuzz about this problem. Yet there is still no response from Google. What could be wrong? Did someone seriously...
Read MoreObama's Weekly YouTube Address
For those of you who haven’t heard, Obama will be the first President of the United States to deliver his weekly address over video. Obama’s first address as President Elect went live Nov. 14, 2008, and is currently hosted on YouTube. Frankly, I think this is an amazing way to reach out to the public. I mean, how many people knew that President Bush had weekly radio addresses, let...
Read MoreChange Comes Quickly
Ok, I give in, I’m finally going to talk about the election. As you should know by now Obama won (I hope you’re not just finding out now). What I really want to talk about is what happened post-election. Specifically the President Elect’s new website change.gov. As a fantastic example of transparency, change.gov is designed to keep the public informed during the transition from...
Read MoreHow would you like to be fired today?
An interesting post over at the McBru Blog Deep Tech Dive asks how transparent should your corporate blog be? According to a recent New York Times Article it has become increasingly common for companies to discuss layoffs and downsizing on their corporate blogs. But is this an appropriate topic for the corporate blog? Let’s look at it this way. Blogs are a means of communication, two-way...
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