514: Media Awards

Do awards & recognitions have an impact on what you read or watch? Full episode script When it was nominated for an Oscar award, the movie The Shape of Water saw an over 240% increase in ticket sales. Even so-called losers that didn’t see as much of a bump still saw at least a 47% […]

473: No Electronics

If no electronic device worked for 24 hours, what would you do? Full episode script Back in episode 338, we explored the idea of digital detoxing – taking the time to take yourself offline on purpose. I would highly recommend going back and listening to that episode for some very surprising history about the sociology […]

399: News Trust

Do you trust what you read in the newspaper? Show notes and links: http://news.gallup.com/poll/212852/confidence-newspapers-low-rising.aspx http://www.npr.org/2017/07/01/534697865/how-small-town-papers-have-kept-community-trust Full episode script The last 20 years have been a bit rough on newspapers. The Gallup organization has been doing annual surveys on the state of trust for a wide number of media outlets, and newspapers haven’t been doing so […]

361: Web Habits

What websites do you visit daily? Show notes and links: http://blog.globalwebindex.net/chart-of-the-day/social-media-captures-30-of-online-time/ http://www.stateofthemedia.org/2010/special-reports-economic-attitudes/nielsen-analysis/ http://leaderswest.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Time-Spent-Online-on-Key-Internet-Categories.png http://www.economist.com/node/17723028 https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/09/how-many-websites-are-there/408151/

137: Discovery

Where do you find new music, books, or movies?

7: Tokenism vs invisibility

Is an inaccurate token representation preferable to no representation?