Says the BBC’s head of social media, “I think the evidence is pretty clear … that auto-feeds are fine for getting your stuff out but humans produce better tweets: they are more likely to drive engagement to get people interested in what you’re saying, encouraging them to pass it on, to click-through, and to talk about you.”
Tag: 10.28.11
When Mental Disorders Are A Cultural Product
“Back in the 1980s, multiple personality disorder was a thing. The thing. You don’t hear so much about it today; it’s like we all woke up one day and thought, right, probably not possible after all, let’s move on. But when MPD was hot, it wasn’t just … a problem to be overcome: It was something to be proud of.”
English Heritage Agency Tells Playwright To Cut Nazis And Jews From Script
“Rod Tinson, whose Hallowe’en play was due to be staged at Pendennis Castle in Falmouth, Cornwall, … said English Heritage asked him to tone down parts of the script, including a young Jewish character expressing fears about his family in occupied Poland, over concerns that visitors would be ‘offended’ by the material.”
Which Are The Best States To Find Work As An Artist? (The Ones You’d Expect)
“A new National Endowment for the Arts report finds jobs for artists are concentrated in specific states, including New York, California, Oregon, and Vermont.” (Among the surprises in the top ten: Hawaii.)
Ravenna Is Once Again A Hotbed Of Mosaic-Making (Just Like The Old Days)
The ancient Italian city “is home to a unique concentration of Christian mosaics from the fifth and sixth centuries … But Ravenna has also become the international center for contemporary mosaic, where artists from all over the world now come to study, exchange ideas and techniques, and showcase their works.”
Ireland Chooses Poet And Former Arts Minister As President
Michael D. Higgins, a veteran legislator, peace activist and poet who served as Ireland’s first-ever Minister for Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht, has been elected the nation’s ninth president. While arts minister, he established a string of new arts venues across the country, founded the national Irish-language television network, and relaunched the Irish Film Board.
Moving Images Of Still Photographs Of Dance
“When Canadian director and photographer Ryan Enn Hughes won a fellowship to explore the structural elements of moving image, he decided to marry film and photography by capturing the frozen movements of dance.”
A Childhood That Only Fiction Could Love – Or Even Partly Redeem
When novelist Jeannette Winterson published Oranges Are not the Only Fruit, interviewers wondered if it was autobiographical. Truth, she writes, is stranger – and harder – than fiction.
Radio’s Dying. Why Is Colorado Public Radio Launching An Entirely New Station?
Advertisers and listeners appear to be departing radio in record numbers. But at Colorado Public Radio, a new indie-rock station launches Sunday. What gives?
There Are No Stupid Questions, Unless You Ask Margaret Atwood How She Relaxes
The author of Handmaid’s Tale and The Year of the Flood talks about her most prized possession, her dream superpower – and finishes with a Canadian sex joke.