Are the PR industry and the media to blame for the loss of civility in public life?
All posts by Noel Turnbull
Come in Spinner: A kerfuffle in a cocktail glass
The PR industry is experiencing a bit of a kerfuffle in a cocktail glass at present.
Come in Spinner: How much of universities’ branding spending is wasted?
Universities in Australia and the UK have been spending more and more on marketing themselves, and seeking to create unique brands which will allegedly help them succeed, often with very doubtful results.
Come in Spinner: When diving into PR it’s the degree of difficulty
The Power Index’s Top 10 PR people raises some fascinating questions about how you judge PR people and their influence in what is essentially a transient industry operating within complex societies.
Come in Spinner: Framing the Middle East
Amidst all the turmoil within the Middle East diplomats, governments, communities and political advisers spend an enormous amount of time trying to frame the turmoil and events in ways which best suit their own aims.
Come in Spinner: Searching out authenticity
Companies, politicians, marketers and many others constantly aspire to finding, suggesting, mimicking or demonstrating authenticity. The ongoing saga of the real and the other Julia are but one manifestation of that.
Come in Spinner: Why we make dumb choices
Why do political pundits, company directors, stock broking analysts, investors, policy people, governments and just about every one you can think of make dumb choices?
Come in Spinner: Pundit time strikes again
Why do pundits keep making predictions even though their track record is so bad?
Come in Spinner: Why do we believe so much that’s wrong?
One of the great conundrums of modern life is how so many people have come to believe so much which is just plain wrong.
Come in Spinner: Signals amidst the noise
Could computers and IT, rather than destroying the traditional media, help us understand what’s wrong with it?