Gordon Hotchkiss

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• Is This The Time To Say No? in Media Insider on 01/21/2025
  

  Um, yes. We all somehow believe that free markets will eventually lead us to the best moral choice. And nothing could be further from the truth.

• Is The Customer Always Right? in Media Insider on 01/14/2025
  

  Compared to the dumpster fire that is social media, online ratings are not pure evil, but they do have their dark side in a culture full of entitled customers.

• 2024: A Media Insider Review in Media Insider on 01/07/2025
  

  Looking at what we Media Insiders wrote about in 2024, the number-one topic, as it was last year, was artificial intelligence -- mostly from a gloomy perspective.

• The Relationship Between Young(er) People And Capitalism: It's Complicated in Media Insider on 12/31/2024
  

  For all of us, millennials and Gen Z included, we can talk all we want, but until we stop buying, nothing is going to change.

• My 1000th Post -- And My 20-Year Journey in Media Insider on 12/24/2024
  

  It's not people who have changed in the last 20 years, but the environment we live in -- a big part which is the media landscape we have built.

• The Strange Social Media Surge For Luigi Mangione in Media Insider on 12/17/2024
  

  The degrees of separation between the wild outer fringes of social media and the mainstream information sources that we use to view the world through are disappearing.

• Why Hate Is Trending Up in Media Insider on 12/10/2024
  

  Communicating with the world through electronic platforms, instead of face-to-face, makes it easier to dehumanize people.

• The World Vs Big Tech in Media Insider on 12/03/2024
  

  Around the world, governments have their legislative crosshairs trained on Big Tech. It's happening in the U.S., the EU, Australia and in my country, Canada.

• The Songs That Make Us Happy in Media Insider on 11/26/2024
  

  Of all the things that can instantly change our mood, a song is one of the most potent. Why is that?

• Is The Customer Always Right? in Media Insider on 11/19/2024
  

  Compared to the dumpster fire that is social media, online ratings are not pure evil, but they do have their dark side in a culture full of entitled customers.

Comments by Gordon All comments by Gordon

• 2024: A Media Insider Review by Gord Hotchkiss (Media Insider on 01/07/2025)
  

  Thanks Cory! There will be plenty to write about, I'm sure. The world doesn't seem to be getting any saner.

• Postmortem Of A Trump Sound Bite by Gord Hotchkiss (Media Insider on 03/19/2024)
  

  Jay and George - I get that Trump is a lightening rod candidate and that his actions are reprehensible - believe me when I tell you you're preaching to the choir here. But that wasn't the point of the post. The point was that the coverage was inaccurate given what he said and that is symptomatic of the issue when you rely on media for information. Yes, Tone, context and history matter. But none of those things are license to misreport and misrepresent. That's squarely on the media and platforms. Worse, by doing this, you're actually helping Trump spread his message. 

• My Award For The Most Human Movie Of The Year by Gord Hotchkiss (Media Insider on 03/12/2024)
  

  Jim - I loved Past Lives. In some ways, it was my favourite from among the nominated movies. The fact that it had a Canadian director was another plus for me - for purely personal reasons.

• When The News Hits Home by Gord Hotchkiss (Media Insider on 08/22/2023)
  

  Thanks Christine - we're reading from the same page but I suspect we're preaching to the choir. 

• 1,000,000 Words To The Wise by Gord Hotchkiss (Media Insider on 11/29/2022)
  

  Ken - thanks for giving my words a home!

• My 10-Day Tech Detox by Gord Hotchkiss (Media Insider on 10/25/2022)
  

  Thanks Ken!

• Esther Dyson, Roger McNamee, And Media Metabolism by Steven Rosenbaum (Media Insider on 09/19/2022)
  

  Yes! Esther - I miss our chats and this reminded me why. I have been banging this drum for years now. The inherent issues with media and journalism is just one of the existential threats I've been juggling in my increasingly anxious mind. I'm not sure where we go, but it's gratifying to know that stalwart visionaries like Esther and Roger are also ringing the alarm bells. Ultimately, though, it comes down to us. Unless we - the audience - takes the market away for ad-supported misinformation, there will always be profit-driven platforms going after that market. You can't expect sharks to suddenly decide to stop being sharks. It's not in their DNA. And if the onus is on us, I don't have a lot of hope for things to get better. 

• Sarcastic Much? by Gord Hotchkiss (Media Insider on 07/05/2022)
  

  Are you the one doing the biting?

• Using Science For Selling? Sometimes Yes, Sometimes No by Gord Hotchkiss (Media Insider on 05/17/2022)
  

  Sorry James - just saw your request. The version on my blog has links embedded for all the studies. I guess Mediapost deleted the links before posting.https://outofmygord.com/2022/05/17/using-science-for-selling-sometimes-yes-sometimes-no/

• Sarcastic Much? by Gord Hotchkiss (Media Insider on 05/24/2022)
  

  John - just click the link to John Cleese's tweet and you'll find the video of Noah

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