A longtime leader in the media and public relations sector, Howard Bragman currently works as the vice chairman of Reputation.com, a leading provider of online reputation management services. In February 2013, he published an article in the Huffington Post that discussed the ability of personal crises to transform individuals into celebrities. In the article, Bragman cites the death of privacy in today’s technological age, the social media explosion, and mainstream media ratings concerns as contributing factors to the culture of crisis.

1. American “Culture
of Crisis”
By Howard Bragman

2. American “Culture of Crisis”
A longtime leader in the media and public relations
sector, Howard Bragman currently works as the vice
chairman of Reputation.com, a leading provider of online
reputation management services. In February 2013, he
published an article in the Huffington Post that discussed
the ability of personal crises to transform individuals into
celebrities. In the article, Bragman cites the death of
privacy in today’s technological age, the social media
explosion, and mainstream media ratings concerns as
contributing factors to the culture of crisis.

3. American “Culture of Crisis”
According to Bragman, in the current
Internet-based 24-hour news cycle,
organizations often struggle to remain
profitable or simply to remain in business.
As such, they have begun to focus
coverage on stories that attract the most
readers, rather than the stories that
possess the most news value.

4. American “Culture of Crisis”
In terms of social media, Bragman argues that
sites such as Facebook and Twitter have
enabled rumors to spread in a matter of
seconds, which keeps millions of people
connected to celebrity mishaps in real time.
Bragman calls on journalists, bloggers, and
readers alike to take a more active role in the
news cycle and seek out truthful, high-quality
stories.