CHARITABLE SHOCK TACTICS: We have all seen any number of shocking, attention-grabbing adverts before now. This is nothing new. But crucially the British Heart Foundation advert made myself, my partner and clearly others doubt the charity’s judgement.
Slugger does not get any funding so to help us cover costs we are introducing limited non-intrusive ads. We hate annoying ads as much as you so we promise we will only run static ads or text based ads. We will not run any animated ads, auto start video ads, pop-ups or anything that could get on your wick. The ads will mainly be at the bottom of the right hand side bar, you can see some there now. How …
One of the most obvious absences in the PSA’s Northern Irish sessions is a serious consideration of the precarious position the mainstream media finds itself in viz a viz the proverbial speaking of truth to power (as opposed to confidence building). And, as the The Detail notes that position, for print media at least, is just about to get even more precarious. Mr Robinson and McGuinness provide their own take on the link between cuts and the journalism of the …
If you don’t already read Rory Sutherland you really should start now. His wiki column in the Spectator is expensive, if you are not that interested in the intricacies of the current centre right government, but you can read his blog at Brand Republic for free. In particular, this bit on the still latent potential of the Internet struck me as interesting: …the real promise of collective action will only be realised when there’s money involved as well as time. When flashmobs become …
