What we refer to as “social media” really has very little to do with media. Media –from cameras to demographics–is a set of filters. Filters obscure the truth by focus as well as by omission. Social media strips away the filters upon which content shops–news organizations, marketing consultancies, ad agencies and PR firms–have relied over the past century, and […]
Renaissance 2.0: the birth of truth
Though I never thought of the Metro as a sociologist’s petrie dish, the other day I found myself noticing the stark contrast between the casual behaviors and open interactions of twentysomethings and the more formal rituals and body language of the members of older generations. Millenials chatted and thumbed on their PDAs; Baby Boomers buried their noses in Express and hardcovered books. […]
