With all the unfair and unbalanced shilling Fox News does for Donald Trump, it may come as a surprise that Rupert Murdoch may actually be rooting for Joe Biden. As for Jeff Zucker, a Biden win could mean tanking ratings for CNN. More
Innovation Media & Marketing Tech & Society
Will Zoom Be Your New Happy Place? For Everything?
With 300 million daily participant meetings, Zoom now aims to move from being just a video conference solution to become a digital ecosystem, "delivering happiness." More
Community Insights Media & Marketing The Pandemic
Your Pandemic-Era Business Model: Digital Dimes
If the historic Big Shift in media offers useful signposts, businesses can expect more competition, faster change, and continuous downward pressure on price. So, here are three recommendations from a recovering media executive. More
Arts & Culture Design Media & Marketing
Pandemic Fashion and Beauty: Does Reality Still Matter?
As we stare at our screens for a larger portion of each day, the lines between real and digital are getting fuzzier. Phase 2 of screen life will blur real and digital even more. More
Media & Marketing Net Giants Tech & Society
The Social Dilemma’s Blind Spot
A documentary on the ills of social media does well at explaining certain problems, but its own obliviousness highlights the critical underlying issue. More
Democracy Media & Marketing Policy
I Joined Parler So You Didn’t Have To
As Facebook and Twitter begin to flag more hate speech and misinformation, new social media hangouts step up to fill the void, for those who don’t like such censorship. More
Media & Marketing Net Giants Policy
Gaming Is Changing the Ecosystem of Tech
If you want to see the future of technology and policy, look no further than digital gaming. Not only are they at the cutting edge in consumer behavior, gaming apps like Fortnite are now in the middle of a national debate about state-of-the-art tech regulation. More
Media & Marketing Member Insights Net Giants
Don’t Swim Against the Tide of “Nuance Destruction”
As long as social media's financial incentives favor engagement (or "enragement") over quality, its filtering algorithms will be designed to be favorable to messages of hate and fear. More
Media & Marketing Tech & Society
As Fake Videos Threaten, New Tools Help Fight Back
As video becomes the hieroglyphics of our time, we’ll rely on it to communicate more than ever. And increasingly we’re coming to doubt the veracity of all things video. More
Arts & Culture Business Media & Marketing
Will TikTok Get Its Green Card?
Controlled by a Chinese media conglomerate and the social media of choice for U.S. 16-24-year-olds, TikTok is being scrutinized and dissected by everyone. More
Media & Marketing Tech & Society Techonomy Events
Techonomy Virtual Day Five: Understanding the TikTok Dance
On thefinal day of our virtual Reset + Restore conference, we explored marketing to generation TikTok, Mastercard secures data, and the Covid-driven telehealth boom. More
Arts & Culture Media & Marketing Sustainable Development Goals
Could QR Codes Help Solve Social Injustice?
QR codes have been around for a while, but haven’t found their killer application. An unlikely group of activists are getting excited about a new use for them. More
Arts & Culture Media & Marketing Tech & Society
What Hamilton Tells Us About Silicon Valley
The parallels to today’s Silicon Valley should not be lost. Hamilton’s crew were eking out a framework for democracy. Theirs was a very serious sort of start-up. More
The Facebook Boycott is About Principle, Not Advertising
This boycott is not about advertising. It is about principle. This is about a media platform that wants to disavow any responsibility for policing the content that is posted on it or the advertising that is purchased for unfettered and highly-targeted distribution and redistribution across its membership. More
Government Media & Marketing Tech & Society
How We Teens Used TikTok to Prank the Trump Rally
Teens on TikTok last week played a major prank on the Trump campaign in classic Gen-Z fashion. The goal was to fool the Trump campaign about how many people wanted to attend, so in the end, seats would be empty. Here's what happened. More
Democracy Media & Marketing Tech & Society
A 16-Year-Old’s View: How Social Media is Changing 21st-Century Civil Rights
Protests are now organized, debated, and reported on Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, and Facebook, among others. Our 16-year-old intern on social media and the current moment. More
Democracy Leadership Media & Marketing
Watch: Sinan Aral on Understanding the Hype Machine
As the world relies even more heavily on social media during Covid-19 and the upsurge against racism and police violence, MIT Sloan professor Sinan Aral will help us understand what it means, and what individuals, companies, and society should do differently. More
There Isn’t a Crisis Communications Playbook
While organizations try to figure out how to respond to the current crisis, many of the messages feel generic using similar verbiage, symbolism, and even music. This discussion between communications executives explores the ways in which they are navigating these “unprecedented times.” More
Media & Marketing The Future of Work
Raskin’s Special Awards for Virtual Events Platforms
The gold rush is on to move live events and conferences online. These are some companies to consider if you want to host an event in this stay-at-home era. The list of companies claiming to turn your event virtual is vast, but I found these to be the pick of the litter. More
Golden Gate Bridge Fatigue, and Other Tales From the Brave New World of Online Events
It’s only been 6 weeks since most large gatherings and events were canceled. Many of us are quickly finding out that, when done right, online events and conferences can be a lot less expensive and remain effective in surprising ways. More
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