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Media “focus on entertainment over news” is this a bad thing?

Entertainment vs news is there really an us versus them situation in front of us? Is it really that bad if news begins to take on a more entertaining stance? Isn’t the real issue whether the message is getting through? The Swiss have found that what is being covered in their constituency is entertainment and [...]

Why Mobile Media is a Must.

Mobile media needs to be what we are teaching out communication grads today. I know in my Zayed Media Lab course I mix mobile, laptop and Web2.0 tools for no better reason than we live in a mobile saturated environment. Students get it, sort of. The problem is mixed messages about what is professional media [...]

Tech Forward?

One of the greatest challenges faced by old media today is how to translate online/electronic/web offerings into something that is not a simple electronic translation of the often paper of analog intended product. No surprise the journalists, content creators, are not the people to look to. And designers might also be caught in the hype [...]

Prepared for New Media?

Are we prepared or are we preparing for the world of new media? No! The old media is not preparing for the new media environment and new media enthusiasts are failing to actually figure our how to connect with an audience in a meaningful and sustained way! But it is not all doom and gloom. [...]

Mobile Bonanza?

Have you seen this headline? Worldwide mobile advertising revenue forecast to reach $3.3 billion in 2011 The numbers are pretty amazing and if they are anywhere near target wow! My question goes back to education. Are our business schools, IT Colleges and Communication schools onto this idea? Worldwide mobile advertising revenue is forecast to reach [...]

Where is the New UAE Media?

Teaching in a College of Communication and Media Sciences I listen, painfully, to people talking about new media, convergent media, digital media and the list goes on. And at some point in the conversation the issue of quality is brought up. The the issue of funding is tossed into the mix. The conversation ends with [...]

What about ATM Education? Education Just in Time?

We spend a lot of time thinking and talking about education these days. I wonder if we are talking to simply hear our voices? Here we are well into 2011 and our schools don’t look much different, inside or out, than they did 30 years ago. And I am sorry some of those teachers from [...]

People make a difference.

I spend a lot of time talking to people with the hope of learning the trick to being successful. Of course successful is a loaded word. There is no rubric for success. There is no manual for success. What we are confronted with, when we think about success, is our own measurement against others. The [...]

Good Idea?

While in California I could not help but make my way into a McDonald’s to see what the fast food giant was doing to re-invent itself. Well, there were the huge LCD televisions playing sports, in this case high school basketball and then there was the game consul above. And not just one but half [...]

TEDActive Day 3

TED is leaving my mind spinning and that is a great thing to be able to say. I must also say that the best thing about a TED conference remains the people you meet. Here are my audio updates for the last 2 days. And here is Day 4 of the experience Day 2 of [...]

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