Activist Films and Literature: Do They Inspire Action?
When you watch a terrifying or heartbreaking documentary, are you moved to do something more than just "share" the news on Twitter and Instagram? Participant Media is trying to discover what films work on the people's social conscience and what films
TRUMP WATCH: PRESIDENTIAL ON SYRIA, UNPRESIDENTIAL ON COMEY
Trump acted unpresidential on former FBI Director Comey with a fusillade of tweets and presidential on Syria with a well-delivered speech to the Nation. Bipolar, switching seamlessly from attacks on Syria to attacks on Comey. Let’s start with the good part,
Using Social Media to Meet Your Needs: Coping
Social media: it's the not-so-new technology that has shaped and ingrained itself in nearly every industry in the world. It's a force that can give one a competitive edge in a job interview (having a certain desirable number of followers
SILICON VALLEY: WHAT IT TAKES TO DO STARTUPS
Book Review: Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley by Antonio Garcìa Martinez (HarperCollins, 2016, 528 pages) Silicon Valley continues to be hot news in the age of Trump and anti-globalization and it should come as no surprise
The Surge of the New Sport Fans: A Key For the Future
Digitization is now part of our everyday life. It’s everywhere and it’s impacting every individual in numerous ways. With the rise of new technologies and the supremacy of social networks, no industry and no customer is left outside of the
Deconstructing Empathy in the Digital Age
If you’ve been on the Internet at all in the last year, you’ve probably read at least a few headlines about empathy, the newest buzzword in start ups, non-profits, mental health, and other areas. In business, empathy is a part of
The International Landscape of Social Justice
The viral video, Kony 2012, did not only bring attention to and demand the stop of Joseph Kony, the brutal leader of Lord’s Resistance Army. The catchy #BlackLivesMatter hashtag did not only focus on the unbalanced dispersion of police brutality.
Color Psychology in Branding and Persuasion
“That seems like fun,” I thought when I heard about Snapchat for the first time. I had seen many app logos before but never had I encountered a friendly-looking ghost on a bright yellow background. They got my attention, I was genuinely
A European Patriot Act? A Preview of European Internet Security in 2016
After the November 13th terrorist attacks in Paris, in which 130 people were killed, sending shock waves across the European continent, Europe is where America was after 9/11. The question immediately arises, will Europe be tempted to follow in the
The Visionary of Habit-Forming Technology
Do you ever wonder why you are completely absorbed in certain applications and not others? Now, more than ever, technology has become a permanent partner in our lives allowing us to live, work, and play more efficiently. What exactly is
The Secret to Driving Customer Engagement
BOOK REVIEW HOOKED: HOW TO BUILD HABIT-FORMING PRODUCTS by Nir Eyal 256 pages, Penguin (2014) Winner of best Marketing book in 800-CEO-READ Business Book Awards 2014 Engagingly written, this book is a brilliant application of behavioral psychology to business situations. As the Internet has
Passions, Interests and socialmedia
Why We Share, Like and Follow on Social Media I have yet to find someone who really likes Facebook but just about everyone I know, despite the complaints, returns to it, day after day - or at least three times a