Online and Mobile Media

Trends in online and mobile media from an Australian perspective

The Next Frontier of Communication

By Left Brain Write Mind | May 29, 2018

The days of pay phones and long-distance rates seem almost as distant a memory as telegrams and carrier pigeons. As ...

How FiveThirtyEight Turned Data Into Journalism

By Left Brain Write Mind | May 19, 2018

For U.S. news junkies, the first name that comes to mind when you hear “data journalism” is FiveThirtyEight. This predictive ...

The Big Data of the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election

By Left Brain Write Mind | May 13, 2018

If there was one certainty in a world after Brexit, it was that the United States was poised to elect ...

The Open Culture of Crisis

By Left Brain Write Mind | May 4, 2018

“Extra, extra, read all about it.” In the good ol’ days, people got their news for the cost of a ...

The Algorithm of Bingeing

By Left Brain Write Mind | Apr 29, 2018

As established in last week’s blog, Netflix is – in a manner of speaking – crushing it. Not only is ...

The Netflix and Chill Brand

By Left Brain Write Mind | Apr 22, 2018

Netflix revolutionized cinematic and television culture. It turned television into a medium that is valued as highly – both creatively ...

Loss of Truth and Loss of Trust in Government

Fake News, Real Trust Issues

By Left Brain Write Mind | Mar 29, 2018

What happens when a journalist reaches a conclusion with which you disagree? Fake news. What happens when a government agency ...

Starbucks Subtle Mastery of UGC

By Left Brain Write Mind | Mar 25, 2018

Starbucks is internationally renowned for two things: the consistency of its beverages and the inevitable misspelling of customers’ names on ...

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The Homework Gap: A Civil Rights Issue

By Left Brain Write Mind | Mar 18, 2018

In 1954, the Supreme Court of the United States held that the long-standing policy of separate but equal education facilities is inherently ...