CHAPTER 2, PART 8 of 8 From Spin! How the News Media Misinform and Why Consumers Misunderstand, by Bob Conrad, Ph.D. Now available at Amazon in paperback, Smashwords and for the Kindle. Get a free review copy by emailing me. Read Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 Oversight, or not Given the significant potential for misinformation by unknowledgeable gatekeepers, and the increasing inability [...]
December 21, 2011
I am posting the introduction and first two chapters of my new book over the next few weeks. The book is available for pre-order at Amazon. I am also giving away a limited number of advance, review copies to those willing to review it on Amazon, or on news sites or blogs, prior to the release date of [...]
December 15, 2011
I am posting the introduction and first two chapters of my new book over the next few weeks. The book is available for pre-order at Amazon. I am also giving away a limited number of advance, review copies to those willing to review it on Amazon, or on news sites or blogs, prior to the release date [...]
July 8, 2011
Traditional news versus social media: What’s different? Picking a dissertation topic is not for the faint of heart or the unprepared. Narrowing an issue into components and sub-components involves, first, picking a topic, then exploring what others have researched in that area and, finally, finding your own niche. Crisis communications, social media and higher-education leadership [...]
February 16, 2011
There is now ample evidence supporting early claims by Toyota that, essentially, its vehicles were not at fault for a number of crashes last year. Unfortunately, the toll taken on the auto company has been significant both in terms of cost and reputation. A few have commented about the situation with marvelous insight: James Donnelly’s [...]
January 12, 2012