New York : In a new poll released by Weber Shandwick in partnership with Powell Tate and KRC Research, nearly one-third (34%) of the American public report that they are “tuning out” of social networking sites, with 39% of them attributing their tune-out to rude discourse and behavior. The online survey was conducted in April [...]
State College : Advertisements for job openings in higher education were up dramatically in the first quarter of 2010. In fact, the number of advertised job openings increased every month of Q1 2010. Advertised job openings for January, February, and March were up 11.1 percent, 14.8 percent, and 47.0 percent respectively compared to the same [...]
London/Hamburg: The Facebook game StreetRivals and the new iPhone application iHobo are causing controversial discussions all over Europe. The debate circles around the use of social media to combine profitable business strategies with a socially responsible outcome. With homelessness as a theme, both companies are getting heavily attacked by homeless organisations and even politicians. What [...]
CNN Leads News Competition on the Social Web with More Than 10 Million Twitter Followers and 2.1 Million Fans on Facebook In March, CNN Digital ranked No. 1 among ALL News and Information sites in several key metrics, beating major News and Information properties such as MSNBC Digital, Yahoo! News and Wikipedia. No. 1 in [...]
Al Amwaj (The Waves) is a brand new play, created by a group of Arab writers, to be broadcast on BBC World Service on Saturday 21 March at 2001 GMT. It stems from a unique Arab playwriting initiative and is the first BBC play to be commissioned from writers in the Gulf region, all working [...]
Television is cited as the primary source of news about the economy by more Americans than daily newspapers, the Internet and radio combined. In addition, more than half of those who primarily receive their economic news from television rate the coverage as good. Those are the results of a nationwide research report based on 450 [...]
A Porter Novelli Styles survey reveals that the early 21st century has taken a subtle but clear toll on romance. Even back in 2003, when Porter Novelli first popped the question, less than 50% of women and men described themselves as romantic. When the same question was asked in 2008, the numbers slipped for both [...]
Public views of China and Russia have slipped considerably in the past year, according to a new BBC World Service poll across 21 countries.Views of the United States have improved modestly over the past year but remain predominantly negative, even though the poll was taken after President Obama’s election. In last year’s BBC poll across [...]
BBC Worldwide has announced a new deal agreement with puzzle specialist Jumbo Games to produce puzzles for the iconic Teletubbies brand with the first range of puzzles developed being released this Spring. Launching at Toy Fair, Jumbo’s puzzles are a strong addition to the celebrated Teletubbies portfolio. The brand, which is the only property to [...]
FD, the Strategic Communications segment of FTI Consulting Inc. (NYSE: FCN), has identified Seven Guideposts to help Southern California based-businesses recalibrate their communications plans against shifting business goals and prepare for potential crises during these unprecedented economic times. FD developed these guideposts based on proprietary qualitative research conducted among business leaders in Southern California during [...]