I feel like there is just as much violent programming in other countries and there is not the same incidence of factors. I think there are other factors contributing to violence in this country and not the media. – Sara Gilbert
Terrorist bombings, like rampage shootings, are events that maximize the amount of publicity per amount of damage. That’s why people do them, because they know they will set off a media frenzy. – Steven Pinker
As a function of the easy access to information provided by the Internet, and the ease with which it can be shared thanks to social media, consumers are now better informed as to the behavior of brands and the multiple global crises we face. – Simon Mainwaring
The Israeli media are very important to me. I’ve been part of them and they a part of me all my adult life. – Yair Lapid
Mainstream media tends to showcase a very specific kind of Mardi Gras, but my experience of Mardi Gras is very different; it’s very cultural. – Solange Knowles
I’m very active on social media and see the huge impact it has on engaging with fans and being able to have a voice. – Stephen Curry
Part of how we decide how we allocate our media is we have fairly sophisticated ways of measuring our return on marketing spend, which helps us best analyze the most effective way and medium in which to spend our marketing dollars. – Steve Easterbrook
When we look at some of the greatest creative ideas we’ve come up with, they have originated literally from all corners of the world and have crossed all different types of media as well. So while there’s still traditional TV, which is clearly a very compelling media, it’s also cyber, mobile, outdoor. – Steve Easterbrook
One of the great ironies of the social media era is that some of the least social people in the world created it. – Sarah Lacy
So many people think they need to have serious equipment. In the magazines and the media, they see all this stylish stuff, especially on TV, and they think, That’s what I need to make it work. You don’t. I’m attempting a little bit of liberation here. – Sally Schneider
Companies are hiring cosplayers to be promotional spokes models for them. There are cosplayers trying to develop a cult following even though they’ve only been cosplaying for less than a year or two. It’s all about the social media or Facebook likes. – Yaya Han
At Yahoo, we were one of the early proponents of the power of content showcased through new media. SnagFilms, with its large library and breadth of digital distribution, can help shape this next phase, bringing great stories to broad new audiences. – Terry Semel
One of the great things about ‘Jericho’ that is a parallel with ‘Over There’ is, in this country, we tend to forget the news we don’t want to know about. We’re so oversaturated with media and other images that we can turn our head a little bit. – Sprague Grayden
The real problem that I think those of us who are evangelicals and Democrats have to face up to is that the political right controls the religious media. – Tony Campolo
Concerned consumers are realizing that they can use social media to organize themselves around shared values to start effective movements. Social media gives them a sounding board to share ideas, as well as a means to punish irresponsible corporate behaviors. – Simon Mainwaring
I think this is the most exciting time to be alive right now. We have a black president. There are transgender movies and media out there now. Gay characters are playing non-stereotypical versions of themselves. I feel like as a society, or in television at least, we’re rising up. Even in society we’re rising up. – Vincent Rodriguez III
In a media culture, we not only judge strangers by how they look but by the images of how they look. So we want attractive pictures of our heroes and repulsive images of our enemies. – Virginia Postrel
These days, everything is magnified very quickly by the media – the slightest slip can turn into a catastrophe. – Valerie Trierweiler
The future regulatory arrangements for the newspaper industry need to be done in a much calmer deliberative way, in slower time when we’ve got beyond this media firestorm. – Thomas Watson, Jr.
The entertainment world, television, movies, social media, YouTube stuff, we’re so bombarded with so much imagery and such a great sense of inhumanity, and there is a coarseness, a coarsening of interaction. – Steven Bochco
For me, what’s a more important question is how we get at least the option of more diverse experiences in this media. – Will Wright
I don’t know how you can do it, if you don’t recognition the media as a power center in America. – Sydney Schanberg
It’s worth noting that everything – from the Internet to electric cars, genomic sequencing, mobile apps, and social media – were pioneered by startups, not existing companies. – Steve Blank
Vast volumes of mixed media surround us, from music to games and videos. Yet almost all of our online actions still begin and end with writing: text messages, status updates, typed search queries, comments and responses, screens packed with verbal exchanges and, underpinning it all, countless billions of words. – Tom Chatfield
The discoloration is very minimal. I have not turned blue. The extent of skin discoloration is not even remotely near what the news media are saying. It is barely noticeable. – Stan Jones
The bad boy image is something given to me by the media. I have been in relationships earlier, even for as long as three years. I am not saying I am a saint. I am like any other guy, I guess. Unfortunately, every time I even meet a person, it is reported as a link-up. – Yuvraj Singh
Our bodies are exploited so much in the media, I feel like everyone is made to feel like they’re not worthy or beautiful. – Shantel VanSanten
I mean, the media and bloggers may say otherwise, but in reality I have a lot of fans because I’m the only celebrity that actually takes time out to call them and talk to them. I don’t think a lot of celebrities do that. – Tila Tequila
American mass media culture, with its celebrities, shopping hysteria, sound bites, formulaic plots, received ideas, and nauseating repetitions, depresses me. – Siri Hustvedt