List/Grid Monthly Archives: December 2011
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North Korea, Digital Journalism & The Hitch [Podcast]
Ben Hamilton is a student from the University for the Creative Arts in Farnham. He studies journalism and I study public relations. As close friends we frequently discuss media matters…
What Christmas means to me…
As an ode to the late Christopher Hitchens I have decided to write an article concerning my opinion of religion at this festive time of the year. Between 2005 –…
Social Media: Digital ADHD?
Each year we ritually ponder upon our own frailties and answer with a New Year’s Resolution. In 2012 I am going to slow down. To slow down brings connotations of…
How Google uses Reputation to enhance its Brand
Google was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin whilst studying at Stanford University. The company’s mission statement was, “to organize the world’s information and make it universally…
Christopher Hitchens, 1949-2011: The Best Teacher I Had
Popular writer, journalist and public speaker, Christopher Hitchens, died yesterday at the age of 62 at University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. He was being treated by…
Apple ignore onslaught of angry iPhone 4S Owners over “invalid sim” error
Thousands of iPhone 4S owners are experiencing “invalid sim” errors. Users report that after a few hours of their devices being switched on an error message appears showing “invalid sim”…
Dealing with Social Media Crisis Management
Guess what? Social media isn’t new anymore. We all know how to use the tools and I still stand by my blog post from June that social media ‘experts’ are…
3 Blogs I Love (and you will love too)
Each day I read a variety of different blogs and the three listed below are my favourites. We should all take the below authors as examples to improve our own…
Doubts over the Two-Way Symmetrical Communication Model
In the same way that newspapers have been warned that they should adapt or die, the PR industry shares the same fate. In a recent podcast I touched upon the…
Could the internet be heading towards a decentralised future?
A social internet revolution is happening right now but it’s not the usual diet of Facebook or Twitter. This revolution is concerned with an internet user’s privacy rights. On the…
Visiting Oxfam’s Public Relations Department
Founded in 1942 by Quakers and Social Activists Oxfam was once known as the Oxford Committee for famine relief. Today it is an international confederation working within 98 different countries…
Clarkson’s One Show Comments Causes Media Uproar
Yesterday evening Jeremy Clarkson began trending worldwide on Twitter due to comments he made during an interview on BBC’s One Show. The Top Gear presenter when asked about public sector…
