Fifth Estate Best Practices and Democracy

Fifth Estate Best Practices and Democracy
Location
Doylestown, Pennsylvania, USA
Birthday
August 17
Title
Truth Seeker
Company
Fellow Citizens
Bio
The Fifth Estate extends from the blogosphere to the community and the ways participants hold the powers accountable. The Fourth Estate, the media, held some of that responsibility, but communications is now more in the hands of the people. So how can the Fifth Estate use the best of Fourth Estate with new challenges faced by community and social media? Compelling stories will showcase technological innovations and where there are concerns about best practices needs. Stories reach from the regular user to business to government, policy and law.

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JUNE 13, 2010 2:24AM

Brain Scans to Stalking: Marketing to Kids

 

Medical brain scans are performed on children to figure out how to make commercials more mesmerizing.  “Symbolic” advertising tells children that candy and sugary cereals are OK because they’re “cool.”   Marketing to kids can result in $700 billion in co… Read full post »

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JUNE 9, 2010 10:36AM

Are Page Views Meaningless?

 

These days page views translate into profit, at least in the minds of many journalists and bloggers.  Nielsen has devoted many resources to examining the worth of page views.  In recent blog called, “Journalists won’t report on news unless it drives page views,” aut… Read full post »

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JUNE 6, 2010 10:47PM

When will "New Media" be the News Media?

 

 

Maybe the trend by power brokers to pursue bloggers gained momentum in 2004.  That's when Apple Computer, Inc. filed suit against unknown entitles for a leaking confidential information about an Apple product code-named “Asteroid.  The judge ruled in favor of Apple, but… Read full post »

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