MEDIA POLICY

How to develop a social media policy that protects your company, your customers, and your employees.

Banning social media is not going to work in the long run. The solution is in talking to employees and helping them balance the responsibilities of organisation, profession and society, the functions of all of which are now heavily enabled by Internet.

A company's social media presence can heavily impact its reputation for better or for worse. Here's a humorous look at some corporate social media blunders to avoid.

Review of two texts focusing on the impact of a market-controlled media system. Highlights the problems of a profit-driven system and its effects on media content and democracy.

Aniisu K. Verghese looks at who's leading the way with effective social media strategies and offers his own tips for those companies still in the nascent stage.

Five social media trends for the coming 12-18 months.

Social media is the next gold rush. It might be the latest great tool available to marketers. It offers revolutionary means to connect with customers and manage brand reputation. If you haven't started your social media marketing strategy now is the time.

Should media companies support FCC proposals and regulation permitting the mergers of media companies? Is there an ethical and social responsibility which may be affected? We will examine these questions and their answers.

Honoring all the individual differences is a way of empowering citizens.

President Obama is in the process of reviewing the nuclear policy of the United States. This article argues that given the current environment it is important that President Obama take a broader look at the issue.

We are reduced to judging the man, or rather, the man as portrayed by our media and colored by popular opinion, rather than the quality of his reasoning or wisdom of his policies.

A discussion on the level of influence the media has had on American perceptions of military activity in Vietnam and has influenced military conduct.

The new NBA social media guidelines are probably a good idea, because it will allow players to again focus more attention on the game preparation as well as "team time".

U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates announced the lifting of the ban on media coverage of fallen soldiers' arrival at Dover Air Base.

This is an article about the coverage of athletes in the media that often concentrates on showing the bad role models and not the sports stars that do good in their communities.

When Obama ejected a reporter from his world tour, members of the media were shocked. From a public relations perspective, there is nothing wrong with doing what you can to mitigate bad press, punish subjective media and reward those who simply report the news objectively.

Some in media have a habit of being judgmental and "reporting" with an eye toward projecting a personal belief or viewpoint rather than maintaining neutral objectivity. This is the story of lobbyist Stephen Payne.

A research paper written for my senior level international media course. The layout of subheads is intentional and was required by my professor.

A brief meditation on the media's attention to our most recent school shooting

The Center for Policy Alternatives is an underused resource for those interested in politics. I was able to talk with their Senior Director late in 2007 via phone about the CPA, the 2008 election and what people can do to make a difference politically.

Between 1998 and 2005 Tribune Co. spent $1.1 million on lobbying and more than $380,000 on political contributions trying to convince lawmakers to terminate regulations on media consolidation.

However, the public may believe the media caters to their needs but in contrast it doesn't. The complicated relationship between the upper class and the media can be described as have different points of views from each other.

Is Russian Foriegn Policy taking an unsettling turn for the United States? Yes, and we should do something quickly

Details the year-long psychological preparation of the people in the United States for the idea of war in Iraq - through the daily news and mass-media that speculated with the government and slandered the few politically active citizens as "dissenters".