“Listicle” comes from “list + article” Listicle is a short article written in the form of a list. You have most likely seen them with titles like “10 Amazing Facts About Spider-Man” or “7 Of The Oldest Pieces Of Art… Read More ›
Emancipation of Authorship
The Revolt of the Public and Media Ecology
Marginal notes on Martin Gurri’s The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium (2014) Most Westerners would be surprised to learn that many Easterners consider Tahrir-type protests to be cunning plots by the West… Read More ›
The really immortal qualities of good old journalism
“Does a journalism education still matter?” asked Professor Joe Banks recently on J-Source[1]. He clarified, “The question lingers because of the array of digital tools at the disposal of the general public”. Among the other “yes-answers”, he argued that editors… Read More ›
Lenin and billions of man-hours of free time. From passivity of TV consumption to activity of social media contribution
Television swallowed up millions of man-hours of free time by drawing people into a shared passive addiction. Prior to the age of TV, never before had such a large number of people done the same thing at the same time…. Read More ›
Content marketing: How companies are turning into media. Case studies
Brands are engaged in a media arms race. Creating relevant and valuable content is no longer an option, but a necessity. Traditional marketing boils down to managing brand information distribution, while content marketing strives to create conditions in which information… Read More ›
Self-organisation at the Institutions and on the Net: Orchestra vs. Ensemble
An orchestra differs from an ensemble in that it includes a management function – the conductor. Members of a small ensemble consisting of two or three people tune up by reacting to each other directly. As the ensemble grows in… Read More ›
The thirst for response as a fuel for the Internet
Over lunch one day an acquaintance of mine criticised my theory of response. “Not everyone writing on the Internet is doing so in order to get a response,” he said. “Take me, for example – I have a blog about… Read More ›
