Culture / Technology
Monocolumn
Wednesday 22 December
Forecast 2011: The digital backlash begins
In Germany all the blogging, tweeting and iPad-swiping of 2010 has led to a cultural countermovement that’s likely to grow even stronger next year.
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Affairs / Media
Monocolumn
Thursday 8 March
Let’s try to keep this brief
Hemingway’s greatest work wasn’t a book. Not For Whom the Bell Tolls. Not even A Farewell to Arms. It was a devastatingly short story. Just six words long, in fact.
Affairs / Technology
Monocolumn
Tuesday 29 May
Everyone’s in a photo frenzy
Post it. This little expression has taken on an entirely new meaning in the last couple of years.
Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Thursday 3 May
The pitfalls of political chest-puffing
In the ancient poem Beowulf, the eponymous hero went about the Scandinavian countryside battling dragons and beasts and sharing his bold exploits with all who would listen.
Business / Media
Monocolumn
Monday 31 May
Crowdsourcing the news
As traditional news media outlets fret over their business models, there’s no shortage of upstarts hot-housing the future of journalism online.
Design / Industry
Monocolumn
Thursday 21 February
The new audience
Social media and smartphones turn life into a performance but that doesn't mean it’s always showtime.
Affairs / Technology
Monocolumn
Tuesday 26 October
The Kremlin: worms and all
When Dmitry Zelenin, the governor of Tver Region, was at a Kremlin reception with President Dmitry Medvedev recently, he was shocked to find a worm in his salad.
Business / Society
Monocolumn
Friday 15 February
Meet, drinks and the ferry
Be it a friend, a business contact or both, meeting face-to-face helps create stronger ties.
Affairs / Media
Monocolumn
Thursday 24 June
Chisinau: the real media revolution is underway
In April last year, Moldova made international headlines when its exotically-titled “Twitter Revolution” triggered an election rerun, toppling the Communist party from power after eight long years.
Affairs / Technology
Monocolumn
Thursday 5 July
Is the era of digital sharing just a blip?
When the social networking site Facebook put in their staggering $1billion (€808m) bid for image sharing site Instagram back in April, one thing was clear: photos mean big business.
Affairs / Technology
Monocolumn
Sunday 8 April
Playing with words comes naturally
This Easter weekend I found myself in a pub with a group of friends at home in rural England.
Affairs / Technology
Monocolumn
Wednesday 6 April
Serbia, Libya and internet gossip
Serbian pilots are “dive bombing” Libyan protesters and Serbian mercenaries are being paid tens of thousands of dollars to fight for Gaddafi. You have to have to pity the poor Serbs here.
Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Sunday 25 September
Chávez, the tweeting president
Celebrities have used it to gossip, activists have used it to inform of uprisings, but only Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez has used Twitter to govern.
Business / Aviation
Monocolumn
Wednesday 23 November
Public relations sometimes work better minus the public
It would be a brave person who attempted, right now, to reassure Qantas CEO Alan Joyce with the adage that there’s no such thing as bad publicity.
Affairs / Media
Social marketing – Afghanistan
Monocle reports from Kabul on how social media is proving a lucrative market for daring media companies.
Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Monday 19 September
The Danish election’s swing to the left
Denmark has a new prime minister, the first woman ever to fill the post and the very model of a slick, modern, media-savvy European leader: she is the Social Democrat, Helle Thorning-Schmidt.
The Briefing, episode 174
A look at China’s efforts for “social stability”, we discuss today’s deadline for registering political parties in Russia, and get the latest media news headlines.
Culture / Media
New media circus
It seems that every news presenter has a blog or Twitter feed – but post personal opinions at your peril. Monocle investigates the pleasures and sorrows of social media in the news.
The Monocle Daily, episode 8
We ask whether China’s new censorship on social media is effecting its economy, and also visit Finland’s most famous department store, Stockmanns.
Culture / Media
Calm down, dear
Slow media might sound like a contradiction in terms but here we celebrate three media companies playing the long game, sticking to their guns and using their individuality to their advantage.