Comments on: Research is all about the source http://www.thepomoblog.com/archive/research-is-all-about-the-source/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:50:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Joe Vecchio http://www.thepomoblog.com/archive/research-is-all-about-the-source/#comment-150140 Sun, 09 Mar 2008 22:35:00 +0000 http://www.thepomoblog.com/archive/research-is-all-about-the-source/#comment-150140 Well, the results of the latest Gallup poll are in. Forty-one percent of the people weren't home. Thirty-six percent <i>pretended</i> they weren't home. Thirteen percent could not operate the doorknob. And ten percent were wearing underwear and had to stand sideways. -George Carlin Well, the results of the latest Gallup poll are in.

Forty-one percent of the people weren’t home.

Thirty-six percent pretended they weren’t home.

Thirteen percent could not operate the doorknob.

And ten percent were wearing underwear and had to stand sideways.

-George Carlin

]]> by: Lance Winslow http://www.thepomoblog.com/archive/research-is-all-about-the-source/#comment-148405 Sun, 02 Mar 2008 16:37:59 +0000 http://www.thepomoblog.com/archive/research-is-all-about-the-source/#comment-148405 Terry, great article, excellent example. and as a huge "new intake junky" myself, I can say that both are important, where do we tend to get most of our news? Yes, this is a very good question, and some say news is like politics and all news is local. Maybe, but without proper research, its just all talk. In fact, it seems to me that your notes here are interesting in that you show these "news polls" for what they are. It seems like liars figure and figures lie, often enough is the real truth. In B2B Magazine which is a print magazine touting the greatness of Online Marketing, which is funny in itself, it showed a study that radio, TV and newspapers were making a slight come back in advertising, of course that is only because those media outlets work best for elections and there are big bucks being spent. Thus, they must keep up the image that people are viewing, thus more studies, "done by them" to promote themselves. Still, I found it ironic that B2B Magazine agreed with the stats. Of course, when it comes down to it, most politicians are getting a greater percentage of their contributions online so there is lots of push for valuable content, locally, regionally and even nationally and global. I found your comments spot on, and this is a deep question, that I too would like answered with empirical data, real research, unbiased. Great article, you certainly got me thinking, Lance Terry, great article, excellent example. and as a huge “new intake junky” myself, I can say that both are important, where do we tend to get most of our news? Yes, this is a very good question, and some say news is like politics and all news is local. Maybe, but without proper research, its just all talk. In fact, it seems to me that your notes here are interesting in that you show these “news polls” for what they are. It seems like liars figure and figures lie, often enough is the real truth.

In B2B Magazine which is a print magazine touting the greatness of Online Marketing, which is funny in itself, it showed a study that radio, TV and newspapers were making a slight come back in advertising, of course that is only because those media outlets work best for elections and there are big bucks being spent. Thus, they must keep up the image that people are viewing, thus more studies, “done by them” to promote themselves. Still, I found it ironic that B2B Magazine agreed with the stats.

Of course, when it comes down to it, most politicians are getting a greater percentage of their contributions online so there is lots of push for valuable content, locally, regionally and even nationally and global. I found your comments spot on, and this is a deep question, that I too would like answered with empirical data, real research, unbiased. Great article, you certainly got me thinking, Lance

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