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Marshall McLuhan: “The Medium is the Message”

Doctor Spin

A light bulb does not have content in the way that a newspaper has articles or a television has programs, yet it is a medium that has a social effect; that is, a light bulb enables people to create spaces during nighttime that would otherwise be enveloped by darkness.” Source: Wikipedia 1 Marshall McLuhan. In Wikipedia.

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Dear Content Creators: Stop Being Boring

Polaris

For example, according to Wikipedia , content is “…information and experiences that provides value for an end-user/audience in specific contexts…something that is to be expressed through some medium, as speech, writing or any of various arts. The original series has been televised in 120 countries.

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Preview of my PRSA Talk, "Hacking Public Relations"

Where the Fishermen Ain't

This is to say nothing of the subsystems for crisis management or Wikipedia engagement. . Wikipedia is another topic about. On the other, only through an open-source ethos can something like Wikipedia even exist. Open-Source Values and Practices the Same Things the PR Industry Ought To. I don’t pretend to have all.

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Digital journalism is alive but is digital PR?

Norton's Notes

Digital journalism can mean many things according to Wikipedia: Digital journalism also known as online journalism is a contemporary form of journalism where editorial content is distributed via the Internet as opposed to publishing via print or broadcast.

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44 Top Growth Hacks to Help PRs, Marketers and Start-ups

Norton's Notes

For those of you that don’t know what Growth Hacking actually is, according to Wikipedia, this is the definition: Growth hacking is a marketing technique developed by technology startups which uses creativity, analytical thinking , and social metrics to sell products and gain exposure. [1]