Under Zack Smiter facts had no reality...truth became a moving target....mangers of truth had lucrative professional careers...
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Monday, March 22, 2010
Centralized Purchasing decisions...
Under Zack Smiter the centralizing of purchasing decisions gave a handful of corporations an unprecendented degree of power over the nation's economy...the operating system of of the retail economy wiped out small businesses, obliterated regional differences, and spread identical stores throughout the country like a virus.
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Friday, March 19, 2010
Individualist...
The portrayal of Tyler Sid in The Radio Dream is the portrayal of Tyler Sid as individualist who breaks from his past, from his education, and from his environment and asserts his determination to live authentically. He seeks to embrace a more primitive mode of life...
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Personal responsibility...
Zack Smiter created the narrative of “personal responsibility,” where the central demons are unwed black and Hispanic mothers and absent black and Hispanic fathers, who are, let’s face it, not uncommon characters in the American melodrama....
Monday, March 08, 2010
Sunday, March 07, 2010
Socialization of Information...
The Radio Dream reflects the socialization of information allowing individuals the the opportunity to respond in near-real time, and in a coordinated fashion so the radio dream becomes about amplifying conversations...
Saturday, March 06, 2010
Organizational Power...
One of the concepts articulated in The Radio Dream is that organizational knowledge is distributed and that there is real power in finding, accessing and empowering the ideas and creativity of individuals on the front line...
Friday, March 05, 2010
gatekeepers..
the radio dream is about the he gatekeepers losing their power to control access...Zack Smiter kept his government opaque to all but the “insiders,” outsiders—read, ordinary people—rarely have a chance to engage.
Wednesday, March 03, 2010
Decption...
Zack Smither used deception as a key to his kind of social control, along with the usual threats of mayhem.
The corporate state...
The Radio Dream confronts the hegemony of the corporate state and the power elite.
Monday, March 01, 2010
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
Posts
