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Themes: Media / The Good Corporation / Truth & Trust. Posted by Paul Seaman on April 14th, 2008
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We increasingly live in a second-hand world – a world whose sounds, images and impressions come to us from screens and pages. It’s very interesting, often great fun, and sometimes daunting. We look at some of the issues.
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Bogus consumer research and PR
Why we posted this: The internet is changing consumer behaviour – that much we know. However, much of the research which claims to inform us about its wider implications is not credible. Here’s a classic example from KRC Research and Weber Shandwick who should know better. More »
Themes: Media / Money / The Good Corporation / Truth & Trust. Posted by Paul Seaman on April 14th, 2008
Is PR a licence to lie?
Why we posted this: PR professional event hosted by PRWeek debated whether PRs had a duty to tell the truth. By a narrow majority of 138 to 124, the audience voted that they did not. This is an important minefield. More »
Themes: Media / The Good Corporation / Truth & Trust. Posted by Paul Seaman on April 11th, 2008
Jamie’s school dinner howler
Why we posted this: The Daily Telegraph usefully helped us see that Jamie Oliver’s “successful” school dinners campaign may have done harm as well as good (as well as being loud-mouthed and sometimes misinformed). More »
Themes: Campaigning / Food / Media / Politics. Posted by Richard D North on April 9th, 2008
Radiation and Chernobyl realities – at last
Why we posted this: Radiation risk is often exaggerated, and especially in the case of the Chernobyl accident in 1986. The BBC – almost always “environmentalist” in instinct – was almost always wrong about Chernobyl for 20 years. This 2006 Horizon show was its first really decent contribution. More »
Themes: Chernobyl / Green / Interrogating the Media / Nuclear's Future. Posted by Paul Seaman on April 9th, 2008
BBC bungles Bali’s climate policy story
Why we posted this: These pieces show the BBC doing a bad job in an area it thinks it takes seriously. More »
Themes: Global Warming / Green / Interrogating the Media / Media. Posted by Richard D North on November 14th, 2007
The BBC bungles crucial climate report
Why we posted this: It’s a clue to why the BBC’s handling of climate change policy is poor. More »
Themes: Global Warming / Green / Interrogating the Media / Media. Posted by Richard D North on November 14th, 2007
“Michael Moore is bad for your health”
Why we posted this: It’s a useful account of the dangers of propaganda documentaries More »
Themes: Campaigning / Media / Rights / Truth & Trust. Posted by Richard D North on July 6th, 2007
“The Great Global Warming Swindle” swindle
Why we posted this: It’s a bad bit of work by a brilliant journalist. More »
Themes: Global Warming / Green / Media / Truth & Trust. Posted by Richard D North on April 16th, 2007