How evolving information and communication technologies (ICTs) can influence the mass media and contribute to social and cultural change in the process. By Dr. Mark PoepselAssociate Professor of JournalismSouthern Illinois University Origin in Anarchy “The Internet is the first thing that humanity has built that humanity doesn’t understand, the largest experiment in anarchy that we have[…]
Defining media, society, culture, and communication broadly. By Dr. Mark PoepselAssociate Professor of JournalismSouthern Illinois University The Role of Mass Media in Society “Society not only continues to exist by transmission, by communication, but it may fairly be said to exist in transmission, in communication.” John Dewey in Democracy and Education, 1916 More than one hundred years[…]
Advertising has always been about tapping into consumers’ existing needs or about creating a need and inserting a product to fill it. By Dr. Mark PoepselAssociate Professor of JournalismSouthern Illinois University Introduction “What you call love was invented by guys like me to sell nylons.” Don Draper, fictional advertising executive from the AMC series Mad Men Advertising[…]
These new technologies made it possible to influence the public opinion of whole populations at once. By Dr. Mark PoepselAssociate Professor of JournalismSouthern Illinois University Introduction “We thought we were doing this little experiment, and it became this huge thing.” Sarah Koenig, host and co-producer of the Serial podcast The Serial podcast is a true crime drama that calls[…]
One of the important requirements when getting a loan is that you have a stable means of paying the borrowed money or the asset. In other words, you need a job that provides you with a stable income. Part of your income will be used to pay your debts. There is a relationship between your[…]
Technology can affect just about every aspect of our daily lives. Even something as simple as going to the shops to buy food and household essentials can be enhanced by tech—case in point: Amazon’s new grocery stores that don’t have tills. A number of these AmazonFresh stores have opened in the US, and the first[…]