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Category Archives: Media Democratization
Past is Prologue
President James Madison famously observed in 1822, “A popular Government, without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy; or, perhaps both.” Thanks to today’s 24-hour news cycle spanning digital … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Economics, Media Democratization, Technology
Tagged gutenberg, media, obama
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Looking for a Career Opportunity that Marries Business, Communication, and Politics?
Read this. A frontline PR/Communication expert sees “a drought of conservative creatives, who can fill that new-media delivery system with messaging that resonates emotionally.”
Posted in Business, Citizen-Driven Govt, Communication, Election, Frontline Leadership, Media Democratization
Tagged new media
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Noonan: "This campaign is going to turn dark"
Here Peggy Noonan makes two assertions about the presidential campaign that have me thinking aloud: 1) “This campaign, this beautiful golden thing with two admirable men at the top and two admirable vice presidential candidates, is going to turn dark.” … Continue reading
New Media Presence and the Local Church (Part 3)
In my first and second posts on new media presence, I was responding to Jacob Vanhorn‘s questions at a pretty basic level. Now I’d like to focus the idea of leadership training, which he called out specifically. I advocate a … Continue reading
New Media Presence and the Local Church (Part 2)
We are continuing our exploration of pastor Jacob Vanhorn’s great questions on new media and the idea of “presence.” I’d like to isolate one-way vs. two-way communication approaches to gain presence. New media is all about two-way, though a … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Communication, Frontline Leadership, Media Democratization
Tagged Christianity, Communication, gospel, new media
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New Media and the Election
Check out this piece on Barack Obama and the influence of social networks and new media. Facebook is designed around the shallow and social. Networkers are not “commentators,” as they would be on a blog; they are “friends.” Friends do … Continue reading
Posted in Citizen-Driven Govt, culture, Election, Media Democratization
Tagged Election, facebook, fundraising, new media, obama, president, social networks
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Tracking Citizen-Driven Government: Obama, Hewitt, and the Needle in the Rezko Haystack
The power of citizen-driven government, powered by the blogosphere, is starting to emerge in the Obama-Rezko case. Finding the “needle in the haystack” is a multi-purpose, multi-function process that is best addressed in a distributed way, and the evidence is … Continue reading
Obama, New Media, and the Call to Citizen-Driven Frontline Leadership
One of the most encouraging signs for the progress of American Democracy can be seen in this post by Hugh Hewitt today. It is an example of grassroots communication across the blogosphere to dig up the details of Barack Obama’s … Continue reading
Conservative Talk: Take it from the Top
From the horse’s mouth on what values motivate conservative talk radio, from Rush Limbaugh at the top of talk radio (copied from Hugh Hewitt): Time Magazine: What is it that the mainstream media don’t understand about your role and the … Continue reading
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What Hangs in the Balance on the Left
From Hugh Hewitt on what hangs in the balance on the Dem side, should Obama win: The Democrats are and remain a party of bosses –union bosses, interest group bosses like the folks running NOW and Emily’s List, and even … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Election, Media Democratization, War of Ideas
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