Many of America's big for-profit colleges spend more on advertising and high-pressure recruiting than they do on educating students -- a key reason why so many of their students drop out and end up with insurmountable debt.
A vintage collection of gun advertising, organized by decade, shows some interesting trends.
If a man were standing outside your home, photographing your family and following your kids, would you call the police? Surely. What if that man were a datacenter gathering the same data, and selling it to whom they pleased? Who do you call?
By not opposing the corporate cultivation of untrammeled greed among Americans, the churches have left the door open to the triumph of America's new religion -- not liberal secularism, but shopping.
It is no longer enough just to look at the absolute number of fans a brand has on Facebook. Anyone can purchase Facebook fans -- what matters is the amount of engagement around the brand.
There was a time when a group of high school friends with nothing better to do would get a band together. Now they form startups. In the late ninetie...
The moment I became an aunt for the first time was the most meaningful and fulfilling time of my life. But as much as I felt this milestone had changed everything for me, no one else beyond my closest friends and family seemed to notice. No one spoke to me as an aunt.
Okay, it's past Thanksgiving and the election is long over, but a series of ads I saw on television on election night keep playing in my mind. They were about the virtues of coal. Why would such ads stay with me? Let me explain.
The major problem we have today in the social space when it comes to measuring influence is that we do not yet have a solid definition of what online influence is.
I bought some underwear the other day at Walmart. I felt pretty good about the price. The package of three was a national name, all cotton. It was che...
The power of suggestion is indeed powerful. And, in my opinion, it's rarely to our benefit. Think about it -- when you have a craving, is it for something healthy like apples or spinach, chicken or salmon? Not for me.
Horror movie psychos kill. So does cholesterol -- it just isn't nearly as entertaining.
There is no point in the history of the United States in which there was not a multiplicity of languages being spoken.
To help broadcasters deal with device proliferation, Adobe expanded its ...
As new and dynamic media begins to take a larger role in advertising, marketing and public relations, journalism schools can begin to modify curriculum to accommodate these transformations.
Yes climate change is a jobs issue and moreover, it's the foremost personal and national security issue. The misery delivered by hurricane Sandy has unveiled the hazard of a wait-and-see policy. What are we waiting for now?