Category Archives: Media

Do I Paint my Own Reality? (I didn’t even Realise I Held a Brush…)

Posted on October 27, 2011 by atlumschema

I got to thinking a few days ago as I perused status updates on my Facebook page. Most people were posting inane comments, humorous pictures and videos, but then I noticed one of my friends had posted a link to … Continue reading →

Posted in Control, Future, Media | Tagged algorithm, censorship, cookies, facebook, google, like, manipulation, search | Leave a comment

The cost of Information ADHD in the News Industry

Posted on September 21, 2011 by atlumschema

I don’t know if I was the only one who found something deeply unsettling about the reporting of the tragedy at Gleision Colliery in Swansea last week. It took very little time before there were teams of reporters setting up … Continue reading →

Posted in Media, Observation, Politics | Tagged 24 hour news, attention, disaster, Media, welsh mining | Leave a comment

Woken by the Celebration of Death

Posted on May 2, 2011 by atlumschema

So Osama Bin Laden is dead. It was, according to Nicky Campbell on BBC Radio 5 Live ‘the only story we have today’ as I flicked on the radio in the early, slow-conscious minutes of another bank holiday. They filled … Continue reading →

Posted in Media | Tagged barbaric, bin laden, enlightened people, false, fire with fire, hypocrite, justice, Obama, uncivilised, violence | Leave a comment

Hypey New Year

Posted on January 11, 2010 by atlumschema

It is a New Year. It is a time to reflect and also to look forward. This is all the more apparent as we slide into a new decade – and yes, I am quite aware that technically we still … Continue reading →

Posted in Control, False, Future, Independent Thinking, Media | Tagged bbc sound of 2010, donald miller, ellie goulding, florence and the machine, hype-machine, industry, la roux, massimo zeppetelli, new year, predictions, tastemaker, x factor | 1 Comment

The Pathetic Vilification of a Tiger

Posted on December 3, 2009 by atlumschema

I was awoken this morning by the sound of a radio debate. It was a discussion following up the biggest news story of the last few days. The sad expenditure of 30,000 more U.S. troupes by Obama to Afghanistan I … Continue reading →

Posted in Golf, Media, Reality TV, Sport | Tagged car crash, Golf, katie price, Media, stupid, talent, tiger woods, unfair, vilified | 4 Comments

Fulfilling the Big Dream

Posted on October 23, 2009 by atlumschema

I noticed recently, while watching a reality TV competition show that there is a strange phenomenon that the powerful now use in order to control the weak; the capacity to possess access to fabricated dream-fulfilment. It has probably always been … Continue reading →