More Americans got their news from social media than television over the past year, according to a global media snapshot that surveyed consumers across 48 countries. More than half of U.S. respondents to the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism survey said social media and online video services are their primary means of consuming news. About half —or just under
If you’re still reading after that headline, there’s no need for a cautionary Nerd Alert. We’re all nerds now. Welcome to the future.In this post, we look at recent developer events from Microsoft and Alphabet Inc. featuring commentary from both companies' chief executives.At Microsoft’s 2025 Build conference in Seattle and Google’s I/O in Mountain View, Calif., the term
Let’s start with a one-question quiz. Is the following headline more likely introducing opinion or news?: “It’s been a rough year for Journalism.”Answer: It is more likely headlining an opinion piece because it offers an unsourced judgment. It’s also a dumb joke; the headline above was about this year’s Kentucky Derby, where a horse named “Journalism” placed second in the race
Or should we say what “are” media? Who works in media? To whom is it addressed?And what is a bot, while we’re at it? “Real people. No bots,” we like to say here at Media.com. What do we mean?Answers…In its purest form, media is the plural of medium, but the word also tends to mean “mass media” in modern usage under which the internet is a medium (like television or radio)
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”A line from Albert Einstein might seem a bit “out there” when discussing why James Mawhinney, the Australian founder of Media.com, started a social media company. But then, solving problems from a fresh angle even as the problems in question grow new fangs before our eyes… that’s precisely what
Social media. It’s become a trap full of bots, bad actors, misinformation, fake profiles and anonymity. It’s a mental-health hazard and a propaganda snake pit. Many consider it an evil force best ignored. This reality has come about in tiny bites, over decades, as we the internet pioneers circle each other in networks that increasingly undermine human connectivity as much as
