Geoffrey Decker
We couldn't let July 4, 2009 fade into history without a quick glance at the imbroglio over the values on which the United States was founded.Woven into the conversation on our core beliefs is the perennial debate over what role Christianity played when the forefathers drafted their Declaration of ... Read More
At Monday's Personal Democracy Forum in Manhattan, I asked David Corn, chief of the Washington Bureau for Mother Jones and a blogger for CQ Politics, for his opinion on a few of the media issues being discussed at the event.Will microblogging replace blogging? I don’t think it will replace it ... Read More
At one point during Mahalo's presentation at an NY Tech MeetUp last week, I couldn't help but wonder how Wikipedia would fare if it weren't a non-profit organization that relied on volunteers to contribute content.In a sense, this is what Mahalo is--a human-powered search engine of wiki pages that ... Read More
Meet my two new friends on Facebook, incumbent MEPs Paschal Mooney of Ireland and Metin Kazak of Bulgaria. Out of the dozen or so requests I sent out to European politicians this week--in the final days leading up to the European Parliamentary elections--these were the only two to friend me.After ... Read More
Facebook's international expansion began in earnest last year. Now that the company has figured out the whole non-English-speaking-world thing, it's been smooth sailing.So far so good in Europe and Latin America. Thanks to a translation application that allows users to translate Facebook content ... Read More
As consumers migrate from traditional media, marketers are desperately seeking new ways to sell their products online. While Google's advertising services have effectively delivered ads to audiences via searches, social media users have proven elusive.According to a key player at Facebook, Google is ... Read More
Speaking before hundreds of small business owners Thursday, directors at Google and Facebook highlighted Barack Obama's online media campaign during the 2008 election to explain how organizations can participate in, and influence, conversations taking place on the internet. So what's so strange ... Read More
Jon Stewart's recent rant against—and subsequent interview with—Mad Money's Jim Cramer was the latest incident of a comedian to initiate a thoughtful debate on a headline-grabbing issue. In this age of hybrid media, the debate now is over what role political satire should play in framing ... Read More
Low pricing and advertising revenue brought news to the American public 175 years ago. With little variation, it's the news model we've had for almost 200 years. Today, the same funding model threatens to take away news on paper completely. In Monday's Media Equation, David Carr once again crusades ... Read More