VITAMEDIAS
Disney Dominates "Free" Media: Procter & Gamble may be the [USA]'s largest advertiser in terms of paid media impressions, but when it comes to the free kind - a.k.a. public relations - the packaged goods giant doesn't place in the top 10. [...]
During the second quarter of 2003, Walt Disney Co. attracted more media attention than any other of the top corporations in America [...] Other venerable consumer brands including Coca-Cola, General Motors and McDonald's also rank near the top.
01 setembro 2003
VITAMEDIAS
A device that shuts off your TV? How scary is that? Something called Time-Scout Monitor came on the market. This thing monitors how much TV your kid watches, and once the time you've set runs out, bzzzt, the TV snaps off.
A device that shuts off your TV? How scary is that? Something called Time-Scout Monitor came on the market. This thing monitors how much TV your kid watches, and once the time you've set runs out, bzzzt, the TV snaps off.
CONTAMINANTES
Science as Democratizer: Does the pursuit of pure science make sense in a world of scarcity and strife? With so much poverty on the planet, why spend vast sums of money on, say, the James Webb Space Telescope, due to replace the Hubble at the end of the decade and observe the first stars and galaxies in the universe; or the Terrestrial Planet Finder, whose mission is to detect other habitable worlds - discoveries that, however astounding, can bring no tangible benefits here on this barely habitable world called Earth? [...]
The scientific spirit is common to all peoples; it crosses cultures and bonds diverse elements of society, communicating an appreciation of the beauty as well as the benefits of new discoveries, the breathtaking complexity of our vast universe. Science opens the mind. Such are the intangible benefits of the Webb and Hubble telescopes and their like.
Come the revolution: Only in a few countries could a philosopher of science be seen as an enemy of the state. Abdolkarim Soroush, one of Iran's best-known intellectuals, argues that science cannot progress under totalitarian regimes. His greatest "crime" is to suggest that this is a legitimate Islamic view. After six years in exile, Soroush bravely returned to Iran
Science as Democratizer: Does the pursuit of pure science make sense in a world of scarcity and strife? With so much poverty on the planet, why spend vast sums of money on, say, the James Webb Space Telescope, due to replace the Hubble at the end of the decade and observe the first stars and galaxies in the universe; or the Terrestrial Planet Finder, whose mission is to detect other habitable worlds - discoveries that, however astounding, can bring no tangible benefits here on this barely habitable world called Earth? [...]
The scientific spirit is common to all peoples; it crosses cultures and bonds diverse elements of society, communicating an appreciation of the beauty as well as the benefits of new discoveries, the breathtaking complexity of our vast universe. Science opens the mind. Such are the intangible benefits of the Webb and Hubble telescopes and their like.
Come the revolution: Only in a few countries could a philosopher of science be seen as an enemy of the state. Abdolkarim Soroush, one of Iran's best-known intellectuals, argues that science cannot progress under totalitarian regimes. His greatest "crime" is to suggest that this is a legitimate Islamic view. After six years in exile, Soroush bravely returned to Iran
VITAMEDIAS
Entre blogs e jornais, venha Diabo ou Deus e escolha:
Porquê a "notícia" a 30 de Agosto de que os Portugueses não lêem e ouvem menos rádio que a UE? A base, um estudo publicado em Maio e divulgado em Julho, é idêntica à publicada em 18 de Agosto com o título "Portugueses Vêem Mais Novelas e Séries e Lêem Menos Jornais".
Será porque o Abrupto se referiu a esse estudo a 28 de Agosto (e A Esquina do Rio (re)citou), referindo que tinha sido "divulgado ontem"?
E porque diz o mesmo Abrupto que "foi realizado no Parlamento Europeu" quando o estudo foi "on request of the European Commission, Directorate-General Press and Communication, Opinion Polls"? Bastava ler as "Technical specifications"...
E porque nunca se refere que os dados foram recolhidos com base na população que, para Portugal, aponta para pouco mais de 8 milhões quando a nossa população estabilizou há vários anos nos 10 milhões? Aponto isto porque "In each EU country, a member of sampling points was drawn with probability proportional to population size (for a total coverage of the country) and to population density"?
Entre blogs e jornais, venha Diabo ou Deus e escolha:
Porquê a "notícia" a 30 de Agosto de que os Portugueses não lêem e ouvem menos rádio que a UE? A base, um estudo publicado em Maio e divulgado em Julho, é idêntica à publicada em 18 de Agosto com o título "Portugueses Vêem Mais Novelas e Séries e Lêem Menos Jornais".
Será porque o Abrupto se referiu a esse estudo a 28 de Agosto (e A Esquina do Rio (re)citou), referindo que tinha sido "divulgado ontem"?
E porque diz o mesmo Abrupto que "foi realizado no Parlamento Europeu" quando o estudo foi "on request of the European Commission, Directorate-General Press and Communication, Opinion Polls"? Bastava ler as "Technical specifications"...
E porque nunca se refere que os dados foram recolhidos com base na população que, para Portugal, aponta para pouco mais de 8 milhões quando a nossa população estabilizou há vários anos nos 10 milhões? Aponto isto porque "In each EU country, a member of sampling points was drawn with probability proportional to population size (for a total coverage of the country) and to population density"?
04 agosto 2003
NOTA
Os incêndios são a triste normalidade do Verão nacional. As declarações políticas - sem intenção concreta - de que para o ano será melhor, são uma repetida banalidade, como a crónica anual sobre a Quinta do Lago no Expresso.
Nos blogs, o Causa Nossa faltou à data e não deu sinais de vida.
Entrou-se num estado de suspensão de factos e argumentos. Eu acompanho: volto em Setembro, se me apetecer.
Os incêndios são a triste normalidade do Verão nacional. As declarações políticas - sem intenção concreta - de que para o ano será melhor, são uma repetida banalidade, como a crónica anual sobre a Quinta do Lago no Expresso.
Nos blogs, o Causa Nossa faltou à data e não deu sinais de vida.
Entrou-se num estado de suspensão de factos e argumentos. Eu acompanho: volto em Setembro, se me apetecer.
01 agosto 2003
ECO-TERROR
Dear Mr Berlusconi...: The Economist publishes, as an open letter to Mr Berlusconi, a dossier of evidence and questions we believe he must answer...
It is a matter of a rich businessman using his political power to foster his businesses, both by defeating judicial investigations against him and by enacting new laws and regulations in his own interest. The Economist is thus concerned about Mr Berlusconi both as an outrage against the Italian people and their judicial system, and as Europe's most extreme case of the abuse by a capitalist of the democracy within which he lives and operates. Far from being, as he claims, the man who is creating a new Italy, he is a prime representative, and perpetuator, of the worst of old Italy. Ironic, really.
[act.: Fininvest Accuses the Economist of Campaign to Discredit: Fininvest, in a statement, replies to the accusations published by the latest edition of The Economist against Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi]
Dear Mr Berlusconi...: The Economist publishes, as an open letter to Mr Berlusconi, a dossier of evidence and questions we believe he must answer...
It is a matter of a rich businessman using his political power to foster his businesses, both by defeating judicial investigations against him and by enacting new laws and regulations in his own interest. The Economist is thus concerned about Mr Berlusconi both as an outrage against the Italian people and their judicial system, and as Europe's most extreme case of the abuse by a capitalist of the democracy within which he lives and operates. Far from being, as he claims, the man who is creating a new Italy, he is a prime representative, and perpetuator, of the worst of old Italy. Ironic, really.
[act.: Fininvest Accuses the Economist of Campaign to Discredit: Fininvest, in a statement, replies to the accusations published by the latest edition of The Economist against Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi]
TECNOSFERA
Search for web's favourite colour: The identity of the internet's favourite colour may soon be revealed, thanks to a project by a British web designer.
Search for web's favourite colour: The identity of the internet's favourite colour may soon be revealed, thanks to a project by a British web designer.
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