Showing results for "Media Culture" in Communication & Social Skills

Noam Chomsky’s backpocket classic on wartime propaganda and opinion control begins by asserting two models of democracy—one in which the public actively participates, and one in which the public is manipulated and controlled. According to Chomsky, "propaganda is to democracy as the bludgeon...

Technology insider Alice Marwick contends in this insightful book, “Web 2.0” only encouraged a preoccupation with status and attention. Her original research - which includes conversations. Marwick analyzes status-building techniques - such as self-branding, micro-celebrity, and life-streaming - to show that Web 2.0 did not provide a cultural revolution, but only furthered inequality and reinforced traditional social stratification, demarcated by race, class, and gender.

Unpacks and pulls the curtain back on what happens to our brains and our behaviors each time we addictively engage social media and the influencers we encounter there. Individuals seeking to widen their tribes of friends, fans, and followers have an abundance of resources for building their...

Ehrlichkeit entspannt. Aufrichtigkeit als Schlüsselkompetenz in Unternehmen. Radikale Ehrlichkeit ist eine mutige, kraftvolle Wahrnehmungs- und Kommunikationspraxis, die zu mehr Klarheit, Verbindung und Präsenz führt. Gerade in der heutigen Zeit, in der sich die Rahmenbedingungen so schnell wie nie ändern und immer weniger Menschen noch Lust auf Arbeit haben, ist Radikale Ehrlichkeit eine notwendige Voraussetzung, um eine Vertrauensbasis zu schaffen und mit dem Wandel zu gehen, anstatt an alten Konzepten und Konstrukten zu klammern.