Posted by Irene S. Roth on March 27, 2010 · Leave a Comment
We are currently on the cusp of the old world and a new cultural frontier. The present generation of parents were raised with the old values that led Americans and Canadians to the forefront of modern civilization. But are we currently going backwards as a culture and a civilization? The effect of media on our values is increasing and not for the better.
Posted by Irene S. Roth on March 11, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Does the media create a cult of the amateur? It would seem that the media insists that the consumer know as little as possible about the products that they are selling. The media is supposed to inform and educate the general public yet they seem to control how much and what people know at all times.
Posted by Irene S. Roth on March 2, 2010 · Leave a Comment
The media is versed at making us feel so inadequate that we start doubting our beliefs and values after a while. This is really detrimental since we already have such a difficult time to think for ourselves and to assert ourselves. So what the media does is to keep eroding our already vulnerable and, in some cases, fragmented self.
Filed under Culture, Media · Tagged with beliefs, Culture, Dialectic Magazine, fragmented self, internal validation vs external validation, Media, mindlessness and media, Personal Growth, personal philosophy, Self Help, self knowledge, sound byte society, values
Posted by Carol Bremner on February 20, 2010 · Leave a Comment
To use Twitter or not, that is the question. It seems that every time I turn around, someone is mentioning Twitter. People ask me what Twitter is, television shows ask for viewers to send in their Twitter comments, and businesses wonder how Twitter can help their profits. Instead of a short-lived fad, Twitter is becoming an important part of our modern lives. So should you be using Twitter?
Posted by A.J. Mahari on October 18, 2009 · 1 Comment
Colorado Sheriff Jim Alderden reported today, in a news conference, that not only was the Balloon Boy a hoax but apparently a scam possibly backed and funded by a reality television show. The television show or reality-tv outlet or company was not named.
Filed under Culture, Media, News · Tagged with aj mahari, balloon boy, CNN, Dialectic Magazine, Heene family, hoax, reality tv, sheriff Jim Alderden, wife swap
Posted by A.J. Mahari on October 18, 2009 · Leave a Comment
The Balloon Boy Bamboozle was busted wide open as a hoax after all and right out of the mouth of young Falcon Heene on Larry King Live. There were suspicions beforehand but when Falcon Heenie answered Wolf Blitzer’s question, on CNN’s Lary King Live, about why he hid so long by looking to his father and saying, “… you said we did it for the show” it wasn’t only his words that gave up the hoax but his father’s body language and fumbling around attempting to avert what Falcon had blurted out.
Filed under Culture, Media, News · Tagged with 15 minutes of fame, aj mahari, balloon boy, balloon boy incident a hoax, celebrity, CNN, culture of distraction, Dialectic Magazine, Heene family, Heene family to be charged, Larry King Live, narcissistic culture, pop culture, state of cultural values, Wolf Blitzer
Posted by A.J. Mahari on October 5, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Is main-stream media distorting information as the result of seeing its own reflection in what is a cracked mirror view? Does this view distort what is reported? It seems that many of the news and information shows, and yes even the odd entertainment-news show that I watch does in at least some small way turn the attention of what they are paying attention to back on themselves lately. What’s up with this media on media thing? It can’t really be honest introspection can it?
Posted by A.J. Mahari on October 4, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Dialectic Magazine by nature of its mandate and mission has roots in being media itself. Media is a much more prolific presence in many forms. Nothwithstanding our status as a small part of what is considered to be media, we will be examining the role, influence, nature, and effects of media on how people feel about themselves and the world in which they live.
