The Rock’s Empire & The #MeToo Movement




Beyond Social Media show

Summary: Beyond Social Media Show, Episode 206<br> <br> BL and David discuss the #MeToo movement’s impact; a brilliant dot takeover; Barack Obama’s hip hop Presidential portrait; the Jane Austin role playing game from a former Second World developer; locking down Google for security; The Rock’s creative empire; Google search surprises; buff Jeff Bezos’ PR coup; craptastic towns of New Zealand provoke death threats; the voice ad challenge for brands; deceptive NFL advertising..and much, much more.<br> SUBSCRIBE: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/beyond-social-media-marketing-advertising-public-relations/id954939987" target="_blank" rel="noopener">iTunes</a> or <a href="https://play.google.com/music/m/Imnkptaa4j3yd54dcn3ekmo7mfm?t=Beyond_Social_Media_The_Marketing_Advertising__Public_Relations_Podcast">Google Play</a> or <a href="https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/beyond-social-media-show-the-marketing-advertising-and-public" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Stitcher</a> or <a href="https://www.iheart.com/podcast/263-Beyond-Social-Media-27722243/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">iHeart Radio</a>.<br> Your browser does not support the audio element.<br> Best Digital Cases<br> The #MeToo Movement<br> Tens of thousands of women spoke about about sexual harassment and abuse this week. Will the #MeToo movement change anything? Maybe, if women – and men – keep speaking up and speaking out, we’ll force change. That’s a big maybe. But it’s a start.<br> <br> * <a href="http://www.whatsnextblog.com/the-power-of-the-me-too-movement/">The Power of the #MeToo Movement</a><br> * <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/10/the-movement-of-metoo/542979/">The Movement of #MeToo – How a hashtag got its power</a><br> <br> <br> If you’ve been sexually harassed or assaulted write ‘me too’ as a reply to this tweet. <a href="https://t.co/k2oeCiUf9n">pic.twitter.com/k2oeCiUf9n</a><br> — Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) <a href="https://twitter.com/Alyssa_Milano/status/919659438700670976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 15, 2017</a><br> <br> <br> Reminder that if a woman didn't post <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MeToo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MeToo</a>, it doesn't mean she wasn't sexually assaulted or harassed. Survivors don't owe you their story.<br> — Alexis Benveniste (@apbenven) <a href="https://twitter.com/apbenven/status/919902089110872064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 16, 2017</a><br> <br> Dot Takeover<br> Irish telecom eir replaced all the black dots in the October 6 issue of Daily Mail Magazine with colored dots.<br> <br> * <a href="http://www.adweek.com/creativity/this-crazy-ad-replaced-every-black-dot-in-an-entire-magazine-with-a-colored-dot/">This Crazy Ad Replaced Every Black Dot in an Entire Magazine With a Colored Dot</a><br> <br> <br> Barack and Michelle Obama Both Choose Non-Traditional Artists to Paint Their Official Portraits<br> Barack Obama picked genius hip-hop portraitist Kehinde Wiley to paint his official presidential portrait. Michelle Obama has chosen Baltimore-based painter Amy Sherald to paint her portrait. Wiley and Sherald will be the first black artists to create official presidential portraits for the Smithsonian.<br> <br> * <a href="https://qz.com/1102633/former-us-president-barack-obama-picks-kehinde-wiley-to-paint-his-official-presidential-portrait-for-the-smithsonian-national-portrait-gallery">Obama picks genius hip-hop portraitist Kehinde Wiley to paint his official presidential portrait</a><br> <br> <br> Playing Jane<br> Someone took the rules of social rules of the Regency Era as embodied in the works of Jane Austen and turned them into a role-playing game.<br> <br> * <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/sep/28/ever-jane-reader-i-clicked-on-him-i-test-drive-the-virtual-jane-austen-role-playing-game">Where’...</a>