Trading life for LikesThe Matt Townsend Show • Season 6, Episode 226, Segment 2
Sep 22, 2017 • 30m
David Maxfield is the Vice President of Research at VitalSmarts, a Leadership Training Company. He is a New York Times bestselling author of three New York Times bestsellers: Crucial Accountability, Influencer, and Change Anything. We live in a society greatly influenced by social media. The pursuit of Facebook "Likes", Twitter "Retweets" and other forms of social engagement can be very addictive. A new survey shows that we may be "liking" life instead of living it.   David Maxfield shares the survey findings and offers ideas on how to find a better balance between life and social media.

Billionaire Media ModelSep 22, 201751mRodney Benson is the Department Chair and Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication at New York University. In July Laurene Powell Jobs, wife of Steve Jobs bought a majority stake in the news organization The Atlantic. This isn’t the first purchase of a news organization by a billionaire in recent months. The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, The Minneapolis Star-Tribune, and The Las Vegas Journal are all now privately owned. Rodney Benson talks about the slippery slope of the oligarchy media model.
Rodney Benson is the Department Chair and Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication at New York University. In July Laurene Powell Jobs, wife of Steve Jobs bought a majority stake in the news organization The Atlantic. This isn’t the first purchase of a news organization by a billionaire in recent months. The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, The Minneapolis Star-Tribune, and The Las Vegas Journal are all now privately owned. Rodney Benson talks about the slippery slope of the oligarchy media model.
Screen CleaningSep 22, 201746mJeff Simpson talks about movies and TV helping you find family-friendly options.
Jeff Simpson talks about movies and TV helping you find family-friendly options.
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