Commodity blogging
In an article about Mommy Bloggers on her Greenbanana blog, Heather Yaxley evokes the law of supply and demand, noting that “there are too many motoring writers and too few outlets for their words”. She raises a key issue that I don’t think anyone has discussed yet. Will the much heralded rise of the citizen [...]
Debut of two-part CBC Radio show–News 2.0: The Future of News in an Age of Social Media (updated)
I’m briefly interrupting the wonderful debate on CPRS’s new definition of public relations to let you know that a new, two-part CBC Radio show, produced by Ira Basen (of Spin Cycles fame), begins on Sunday, June 21st: News 2.0: The Future of News in an Age of Social Media.
Is separating social and mainstream media in education a good idea? Let’s discuss..
Social media are increasingly considered by the public relations community (scholars, educators, professionals) as a ’separate thing’, different from mainstream. Is this really so? And, even if it is… do you think it is advisable for us, mostly educators, to nurture this ‘separation’?
Report from Lugano (IABC) and Frascati (Cittadinanzattiva): the underwear and the genericity of public relations…
Rem Koolhaas, the reputed Dutch architect and professor at Harvard has recently launched a new ‘buzz word’: that of generic architecture.
Just as generic pharma simply deliver the functionality of the base-molecule, generic architecture rediscovers its basic function and common sense, overwhelmed in recent years by the many extravaganzas and by the pressures of competition.
Two [...]
Evolving PR – ready to learn a new dance?
On the doorstep to Christmas, I thought I would mention my favourite game this year. ‘Spore’ lets you evolve from a tiny cell into a creature that you nurture over time. In order to play you must move from cell to creature stage to form a tribal group, then on to determine your own brand [...]
Journalists support role of PR
The global automotive industry, and particularly the Big 3 US car companies, have been making the headlines regarding its future survival in the economic downturn. What is interesting is the level of support for PR emerging from journalists who are actually considering the impact of losing players in this huge industry.
Automotive News reports how Ford’s [...]
London 1909- I am not an advertising agent…I am a storyteller.
I am not an advertising agent, but a storyteller. This statement concludes a splendid article by Gugliemo Emanuel, correspondent from London of the Italian daily Corriere della Sera…dated December 1 1909 (yes! one hundred years ago..), significantly titled BUM!
it’s time to take a look at geo-fear:this new plague-in-town impacting on public relations
In Torino, early July, at the World Architects Conference -in the context of a workshop organised by Ferpi, Assorel (the Italian agency association) and the Global Alliance on how public relators and architects might better work together to reduce the more negative effects on society of the nimby (not in my back yard) and banana [...]
Public Relations and Social Media: impact sofar and what next? Look at this program for the Euprera-Edelman EuroAtlantic summit in Bruxelles from 13 to 15 of March and make sure you don’t miss it!
An EuroAtlantic summit of senior social media and public relations academics and practitioners will take place, as already indicated in this and other blogs (www.euroblog2008.org) , in Bruxelles from March 13 to 15.
The still preliminary, but almost definite, (I am a member of the organizing committee) seems to me rather juicy, as it [...]
Information overload: a public relator’s risk, but also an opportunity….
Posted by Toni Muzi Falconi on July 26, 2009 · 24 Comments
In a report here from an Iabc conference last February in Lugano I suggested a thorough consultation of Martin Eppler and Jeanne Mengis ‘s research paper on informaton overload as the best presentation of that conference.
I attached the paper, but was immediately warned by a Iabc Guardian that the paper was not for consultation [...]
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