Writing Boots

On communication, professional and otherwise.

Is there a Barack Obama without a Tiger Woods?

11.11.2008 by David Murray // 2 Comments

I ask the question in my latest on Huffington Post Chicago. (Thanks to Paul Engleman for getting me thinking about this, and thanks to Steve Crescenzo for the opening anecdote.)

Categories // Human Politicians

Comments

  1. Kristen says

    November 12, 2008 at 2:35 pm

    While I enjoyed your post as I usually do, I think I enjoyed reading the comments even more!
    I find it absolutely fascinating how people react to things online and how they seem to “go after” other commenters with a vehemence that always makes me wonder whether they’d be quite so aggressive if they were face-to-face rather than behind a computer screen.
    Someone should really get a government grant and do a study on “The Psychological constructs underlying Online commenting patterns”…or something.
    I bet you could get a million or two for that, since we seem happy as clams to give people money for studies like “the environmental impacts of cow farts” (Eileen told me about that one, and she lives in Oregon, so I assume she knows that’s for real).

    Reply
  2. David Murray says

    November 12, 2008 at 3:09 pm

    Thanks, Kristen. Some related thoughts on this coming up in a post tomorrow or next week.

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Now Available

An Effort to Understand

Order Now

SIGN UP TO RECEIVE BLOG UPDATES

About

David Murray writes on communication issues.
Read More

 

Categories

  • Baby Boots
  • Communication Philosophy
  • Efforts to Understand
  • Happy Men, and Other Eccentrics
  • Human Politicians
  • Mister Boring
  • Murray Cycle Diaries
  • Old Boots
  • Rambling, At Home and Abroad
  • Sports Stories
  • The Quotable Murr
  • Typewriter Truths
  • Uncategorized
  • Weird Scenes Inside the Archives

Archives

Copyright © 2023 ยท Log in

  • Preorder An Effort to Understand
  • Sign Up for Blog Updates
  • About David Murray