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Prof. Dr. Miriam Meckel ist Professorin für Corporate Communication und geschäftsführende Direktorin am Institut für Medien- und Kommunikationsmanagement der Universität St. Gallen, Schweiz und Beraterin für Kommunikationsmanagement und Public Affairs. Während ihrer Reise durch die USA berichtet sie von ihren persönlichen Eindrücken des sich im Wahlkampf befindenden Amerika. miriammeckel.de

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25. Mai 2008

A deepest cut

Kategorie: Geistes- & Sozialwissenschaften

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This is the end of my travel log (not of my weblog, of course). I travelled 32 cities in 12 states. And I took my trip as some sort of roadwork which enabled me to meet wonderful people, visit interesting places, receive a very diverse impression of the U.S. as an assembly of cultures, traditions and lifestyles. One part of this roadwork is done now. But there is still a construction site left that will remain part of my life. Not in terms of bricks and mortar that have to be smoothed out but in terms of observation and contemplation.

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Autor: Prof. Dr. Miriam Meckel· 25.05.08 · 10:39 Uhr· 0 Kommentare

21. Mai 2008

The end of the 'can do' myth

Kategorie: Kultur·Politik  ·  Kommentare: 3

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Observing the U.S. as a German I will even as a member of the after World War II generation always remember how the USA helped to re-establish Germany (at least the Western part of it). The Marshall plan comes to ones mind as well as the airlift to the airport Berlin Tempelhof that Berlin now finally manages to close in spite of all its historic meaning. These things among others contributed to the myth of a country that can fix problems and will always play a leadership role in the world.

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Autor: Prof. Dr. Miriam Meckel· 21.05.08 · 09:12 Uhr· 3 Kommentare

19. Mai 2008

Keep on trying

Kategorie: Geistes- & Sozialwissenschaften

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There are so many opportunities, various routes we can take, diverse buttons we can press to initiate a process that might take us where we want to get to. But we can never foresee where we will wind up. This is a lesson for the simplifying-their-life kind of guys as well as for the control freaks. Life can't be controlled. The only thing we might partly be in control of is our reactions to things that happen. And even this can be questioned for various reasons.

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Autor: Prof. Dr. Miriam Meckel· 19.05.08 · 14:26 Uhr· 0 Kommentare

18. Mai 2008

Hitting the road of globalization (5)

Kategorie: Kultur·Politik

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There was this song by "Dance to Trance" in 1998 which was called "Power of the American Natives". It's not exactly the musical quality of this song that made me remember it these days but a visit to the Navajo Nation - the Indian settlement that embraces parts of New Mexico, Arizona and Utah. With approximately 250.000 inhabitants it is the largest Indian tribe in the U.S.

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Autor: Prof. Dr. Miriam Meckel· 18.05.08 · 13:49 Uhr· 0 Kommentare

17. Mai 2008

Fruit Bureau of Investigation

Kategorie: Politik

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"An apple a day keeps the doctor away" - or yourself from the candidate of an election campaign. When I first tried to enter a Barack Obama campaign event in the pavilion of Headwaters Park in Fort Wayne, Indiana, I almost ended up at the entrance because of one single apple. A nice looking one, not at all dangerous at first sight (and my survival ration after a day of driving and solely eating pretzels again).

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Autor: Prof. Dr. Miriam Meckel· 17.05.08 · 04:36 Uhr· 0 Kommentare

15. Mai 2008

Hitting the road of globalization (4)

Kategorie: Kultur

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When you stroll along the streets of New Orleans you might happen to pass a small Christian community with a nice church. Right beside the church on a brick wall you see a large board with the names of 210 people written on it.

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Autor: Prof. Dr. Miriam Meckel· 15.05.08 · 15:15 Uhr· 0 Kommentare

14. Mai 2008

Let's talk about the inexpressible

Kategorie: Kultur

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There were times when pickpockets and loose women were regarded as likely bad for one's health, reputation and overall existence. Since then things have supposedly changed a bit and become more liberal - in terms of sexual relations. This might turn out as a theoretical assumption in some parts of the USA. I have tried (without crossing lines of course ...).

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Autor: Prof. Dr. Miriam Meckel· 14.05.08 · 12:19 Uhr· 0 Kommentare

13. Mai 2008

Happy to let you know that you'll be gentrified

Kategorie: Kultur

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After 23 years they will shuffle off their mortal coil - tells a postcard one of the waiters at Restaurant Florent in New York's Meatpacking district hands out to the customers who haven't heard yet.

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Autor: Prof. Dr. Miriam Meckel· 13.05.08 · 01:16 Uhr· 0 Kommentare

11. Mai 2008

Free me!

Kategorie: Geistes- & Sozialwissenschaften  ·  Kommentare: 1

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Didn't I write a book about how to reduce complexity in every day life? Didn't I write a whole chapter on how to cope with all these demands for making a choice and taking a decision?

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Autor: Prof. Dr. Miriam Meckel· 11.05.08 · 14:30 Uhr· 1 Kommentar

09. Mai 2008

Hitting the road of globalization (3)

Kategorie: Kultur

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In his book „The world is flat" Thomas Friedman describes the changes and chances globalization and technology bring to all of us. I have thought about this flatness again and again travelling these days. Maybe not accurately the way Friedman meant it.

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Autor: Prof. Dr. Miriam Meckel· 09.05.08 · 18:10 Uhr· 0 Kommentare

08. Mai 2008

Old school politics

Kategorie: Politik

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If I had been asked to create a movie set on: How will it look like when a presidential candidate visits a university, this would have been the story line: Young people with parents or relatives, local politicians and some other representatives sitting in an auditorium in such a nice and tidy university campus.

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Autor: Prof. Dr. Miriam Meckel· 08.05.08 · 18:03 Uhr· 0 Kommentare

07. Mai 2008

GPS revenge

Kategorie: Kultur  ·  Kommentare: 1

Here we go: the long and winding road might stay long and winding since Obama took North Carolina and Hillary managed to squeeze a plus of about 20.000 voters in her ballots to take Indiana.

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Autor: Prof. Dr. Miriam Meckel· 07.05.08 · 21:35 Uhr· 1 Kommentar

Political park picnic

Kategorie: Politik

The boundaries between a politician and a pop star are blurring with every minute people in the park of Fort Wayne, Indiana, listen to Barack Obama speaking.

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Autor: Prof. Dr. Miriam Meckel· 07.05.08 · 04:33 Uhr· 0 Kommentare

06. Mai 2008

Hillary rocks

Kategorie: Politik

This May evening in Indianapolis is very cold. Temperatures have dropped more than ten degrees over the day - badly enough the big pre primary party will be an outside event in the White River State Park.

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Autor: Prof. Dr. Miriam Meckel· 06.05.08 · 04:50 Uhr· 0 Kommentare

05. Mai 2008

Miss Bill? Vote Hill!

Kategorie: Politik

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Early in the morning Bill Clinton must have started his travel to Angola. No, not the one in Africa, a little town right at the boarder of Indiana and Michigan.

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Autor: Prof. Dr. Miriam Meckel· 05.05.08 · 07:47 Uhr· 0 Kommentare

03. Mai 2008

Memory of world's end

Kategorie: Geistes- & Sozialwissenschaften  ·  Kommentare: 1

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After waking up early in the morning the sunlight pouring into my room through I take a glance trough the thin panes of the windows at this little town.

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Autor: Prof. Dr. Miriam Meckel· 03.05.08 · 13:19 Uhr· 1 Kommentar

An itsy bitsy spy there

Kategorie: Geistes- & Sozialwissenschaften

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We are entering surveillance society. Just take a taxi from the San Francisco Airport and you will discover a little camera in the front of the car that films you all the way downtown to your hotel.

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Autor: Prof. Dr. Miriam Meckel· 03.05.08 · 09:25 Uhr· 0 Kommentare

02. Mai 2008

Out of print

Kategorie: Kultur

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I am familiar with quite a variety of arguments the newspaper business imposes on itself to commit suicide fearing dead. Decline of circulation, decline of market shares, the movement of advertising revenues from print to online, the fading of a whole industry.

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Autor: Prof. Dr. Miriam Meckel· 02.05.08 · 04:51 Uhr· 0 Kommentare

01. Mai 2008

Google your genome

Kategorie: Medizin

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To get involved into small talk rounds at the Milken Institute's Global Conference during lunch or a reception there is one very popular question that immediately triggers conversation: "Have you had your personal genetic code analyzed yet?"

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Autor: Prof. Dr. Miriam Meckel· 01.05.08 · 01:31 Uhr· 0 Kommentare

30. April 2008

Hitting the road of globalization (2)

Kategorie: Kultur

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Developing a developed country
As we have almost reached the top of the hill plateau north of Albuquerque, New Mexico, a water truck passes spraying water on the road to keep the dust down.

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Autor: Prof. Dr. Miriam Meckel· 30.04.08 · 18:37 Uhr· 0 Kommentare

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