Mourning in America – with greetings to Gordon Brown?
You’ve probaby all seen the “Mourning in America” video, an obvious allusion to the original “Morning in America”:
Mourning in America
Morning in America
Here’s what interesting: there’s also a conspicuous moment of similarity to a much more recent campaign…coincidence?
Internet, the Copernican Re-Revolution
As I’m catching up on my political communications reading (update soon to come!), I stumbled across this:
When people want to know how the media business will deal with the Internet, the best way to begin to understand the sweeping changes is to recognize that the consumer of entertainment and information is now in [...]
Comments 09/21
http://www.fastcompany.com/article/seven-deadly-social-media-sins?page=0%2C0
There is a difference between being present and having a presence.
What a valuable piece of advice concerning the usage of social media by politicians. As always, if you do it, do it right.
http://patdollard.com/2010/09/in-ad-wars-democrats-shy-from-ties-to-own-party/
Two years after arriving in Washington on a message of hope and change, Democratic candidates are not extolling their party’s accomplishments, [...]
Comments, 09/14
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/09/06/brace-for-it-ad-blitz-coming.html
http://www.frederic-saintclair.com/2010/09/valerie-pecrresse-sur-france-inter.html (French)
There’s a strong sense of feeling “inundated” by political advertisement during election periods, making listeners less and less attentive. Starting earlier doesn’t seem to be an solution either – so what is it? I have the feeling that continuous media presence is the key here; persistency generates consistency. In other words, the type – [...]
Nutella, Rumors and Transparency
Hadn’t heard about this – apparently, back in June, there was a rumor that the EU’d ban Nutella, well, if not from the planet, at least from Europe – because of dietary regulations.
That was never really the case but the people believed it so much – here’s the Facebook group – that the EU was [...]
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