The revelation of insidestory.gr about the monitoring of the mobile phone of the journalist Thanassis Koukakis flew rather under the radar given the seriousness of the news. Nevertheless, the spokesman for the government addressed a relevant question vigorously expressing the certainty that this is a case of individual-to-individual surveillance. Pending investigations will show what really…
Assessing communication trends of 2021 and trying to look ahead, into 2022, surely the direction of social media is at the center of the discussion. And the reason is not just their continued rapid growth, but the also growing – and justified – debate over misinformation that has been identified as their main problem. In…
We often make the mistake of encapsulating concepts such as communication in tight margins. In this way we try to define them better, but it is possible that we miss some of their dimensions that are anything but insignificant. So when one tries to record and describe the different forms of communication, one rarely mentions…
An important aspect of the course of the pandemic and in particular of the degree of success of the vaccination campaign in each country is the role of the media and the way in which they manage the news regarding coronavirus. This is because information definitely influences public opinion and individual decisions to some extent.…
«Never before have the roofs of people’s houses been closer to one another, as they are today. And never before have people’s hearts been so distant from one another, as they are today». This was written by Antonios Samarakis in «Hope Wanted» in 1954 and no-one since was able to describe using the Greek language…
The importance of flexibility for the next day The Business Continuity Institute conducted a major global survey last month with the participation of organizations from 19 different industries (including pharma, tech, banking, supply, real estate, tourism) in 64 countries regarding preparation, management and restoration of critical functions (human resources, technology business processes) around the Covid19 occurrence. Going through…
Recent news stories from distant places on the planet bring forward the serious dilemmas that gradually arise regarding the management of the next day in the social life of the globe. In Cook County, USA, a proposed resolution would allow for the “disclosure of one’s COVID-19 status to first responders, including non-law-enforcement first responders, for purposes of…
Certainly, when one speaks of communication in a professional context, the minds of most go to strategies, elaborate tactics, sophisticated tools, messaging architecture, narrative structure, and so on. But first and foremost, communication is the key to everyday socializing.What is called body language in the early stages of a media training. It is this kind of…
In the previous post we may have talked about the “basics” of communication, but current reality “turns” us to dealing with more “advanced” issues in the industry. Market research has been a classic tool of marketing and political communication since the latter began to borrow concepts and methods from economics. With the emergence of social…
Address: noun (c): formal speech by the authorities to the people for matters of great importance. The above entry may seem easily understandable in contemporary Greece, as our reality has become very familiar with the concept, but not long ago, say before 2010, there may have been people who did not know what a prime…