Category Archives: Media

AI & Social issues marketing in Australia

AI-powered chatbots can help people with anxiety and depression by engaging in personalised conversations and providing resources to manage their mental health

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FACEBOOK SHOWS IT’S CLAWS, as google shows some class

Google and Facebook are two Artificial Intelligence behemoths. To them, we are data points and have been for the better part of two decades. There is nothing that we think, do, say or act that they don’t have a detailed account of somewhere in the abyss of data that is ‘the cloud’. So as the Australian Government leads the first

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FB shows it’s claws

Google and Facebook are two Artificial Intelligence behemoths. To them, we are data points and have been for the better part of two decades. There is nothing that we think, do, say or act that they don’t have a detailed account of somewhere in the abyss of data that is ‘the cloud’. So as the Australian Government leads the first

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‘Tis the Season for Christmas Ads

In the US Super Bowl advertising can make and break careers. In the UK, the advertising heavyweights concentrate their efforts (and a large percentage of spend) on Christmas. This year Marks & Spencer (or M&S as it is more commonly referred) released their contribution to the corporate advertising ‘Christmas cheer’… and it’s an absolute winner. Not only is it beautifully shot, its

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Up all night thanks to Online Gravity

Earlier in the week I received an inmail via LinkedIn from the overachieving Mr Paul McCarthy, letting me know his new book, Online Gravity  had been released. Very generously, he forwarded a copy via post. I first met Paul at a social media conference we were both presenting at last year and I was suitably excited for him. Last night, before heading

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Super Bowl 2013: Creative is King

Super Bowl advertising is expensive and represents some of the best known ‘spots’ in global advertising. Traditionally, it is the best cocktail of TV and outdoor that has the power (audience) and prestige (position) to make or break a brand, but cash alone (approx. USD 3.5 million for 15 second spot) does not guarantee position. That comes down to creative (and

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What is Media?

A commonly posed question, worthy of a universal and definitive answer. However, media is not always comprehensively or easily defined. Research would suggest that the context of definition, significantly impacts how the term media is defined. For instance, a public relations practitioner will group various mass and niche communications technologies and businesses into ‘target media channels’. Whereas an advertiser and

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The internet, HTML: a Western invention?

In discussing Jacques Derrida’s theories on the process and impact of writing on texts, in the greater debate of textuality, I couldn’t help but be drawn into thoughts on production and consumption, more specifically, the production of the internet and the world wide web as western technologies. Chinese students generously sharing and taking the time to explain what is ultimately

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