Archive | October 15, 2008
Debates Interpreted in Real Time

Debates Interpreted in Real Time

by on October 15, 2008 in Mass Media, Politics, Social Media, Twitter

CNN reports that 2/3 of the public don’t want to see another debate. After #3, I don’t either because the rhetoric unceremoniously petrified into refrains of “McCain is Bush” and “Obama will raise taxes”. The debate reactions are more transparent with real time polling on CNN by their pundits and by commentary from Election Twitter [...]

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The Slow Death of Advertising

The Slow Death of Advertising

by on October 15, 2008 in Advertising, Facebook, Marketing, Twitter

The social media has opened up the alternative channel for consumer product marketing based on user-generated testimonials. Product review sites like epinions, service review sites like Yelp, and shopping sites like Amazon all qualify consumer purchase decisions. Just like polling data, these review sites have reached critical mass of users to make their wisdom of [...]

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