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What Will 2015 Bring For Bitcoin And Media? (http://bitforum.info/t/what-will-2015-bring-for-bitcoin-and-media/343?u=thebitboss)
Of course, like any other topic around the world, media sometimes overshoot their reports about Bitcoin. Still, publicity is publicity, its doesnt matter if its good or bad.

I believe that 2015 will be a big year for Bitcoin in terms of popularity. Right now, there are a lot of good news coming each week. International businesses integrating bit[Suspicious link removed]gle accepting bitcoin, Dell accepting bitcoin and so on.

Media will slowly realize that Bitcoin is a game changer, a vital tool for mankind and people needs to be informed.

As Andreas said, give bitcoin two years...then lets see what will happen.

Already some positive effects in the media.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B-QEs3NIcAAOm7D.jpg:large

http://fm.cnbc.com/applications/cnbc.com/resources/img/editorial/2015/01/26/102369544-8650ee8100763e133eb493da278be8d11a01a8b7.600x400.jpg

https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/bitcoin-wins-2015-world-economic-forum-davos/

http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/hphotos-xaf1/t51.2885-15/s306x306/e15/10948993_938074779543641_158564136_n.jpg

http://cointelegraph.com/images/720_aHR0cDovL2NvaW50ZWxlZ3JhcGguY29tL3N0b3JhZ2UvdXBsb2Fkcy92aWV3LzliNDE3YjhiOWQwNWFiODQ3OTUyOTUzNzUyY2JkZmE3LnBuZw==.jpg

http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2015/02/24/bitbeat-for-bitcoin-some-good-press-finally/

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/currency/11434904/Bitcoin-revolution-could-be-the-next-internet-says-Bank-of-England.html

http://cointelegraph.com/images/720_aHR0cDovL2NvaW50ZWxlZ3JhcGguY29tL3N0b3JhZ2UvdXBsb2Fkcy92aWV3LzY1ZjlkZGRjNTRhODRiMzk3YWM2OGI2MTg2YWRhMTlkLnBuZw==.jpg

https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Logo-DarkBg_Rectangle.png

http://livedoor.blogimg.jp/greenleafemi/imgs/a/c/ac2ca867.png

It's actually been a banner year for the first 2 months, to have this much going on this early in the year.  More positive than negative, and it's only getting better and better...

Media's effect? Definitely a good one. Given the above pictures, we can say that the perception about bitcoin is slowly turning to a positive side. So all we can do now is to wait and see. Hold on and wait for what's in store for bitcoin.

Well ,certainly all the media attention has been growing in the past 2 years. And giving it around 2 years should be decent for looking at what finally happens.

Everything in the world grows only when  have disclosure. Now what is best for disclosure  than the media?
this is very positive.

It depends, sometime the media "bring" a good effect to the bitcoin image and sometime they don't bring a great image to the bitcoin ecosystem.

I see it being mentioned every other day but very briefl, like 2 minutes interviews with people, mostly in non mainstream media like RT tho.

I hope so. Bitcoill will get positive reporting in media in 2015. Chuckbuck post above show a good news for bitcoin from media. I remember Bitcoin got bad news several times in 2014 :(

Good reports in the media is very good for the price of bitcoin.
But when bitcoin is linked to bad things, the price will not go up.
It should also be good that the media mentioned where you can already pay with bitcoins.

Media is still media, they will report good news about bitcoin if that news will brings their rating up and then if there are some bad news about bitcoin which brings their rating up too, they will report too. So media is very effected in this world, especially famous media. And effect to bitcoin is obviously the price.


~iki

If mainstream/traditional media will not turn its attention to bitcoin?
Bitcoin will make their own media that will report only digital currency related news.

Well this is the perfect example of the media's effect on Bitcoin:

https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/WSJ-Kiosko.net_.png

Not coincidentally, Bitcoin rose over 10% in a short period:

https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/bitcoin-price-rises-10-front-page-wall-street-journal/

I guess front page of "The" financial newspaper will do that.  Lovin' it.   ;D

Increased attention of the media to Bitcoin should cause positive effect and contribute to Bitcoin ecosystem development

All good any attention the media gives bitcoin is all good as far as i am aware, no publicity is bad publicity the only reason i found bitcoin was threw bad publicity well so called bad the silkroad stuff, to me though it was good news i am happy i am here for this game changer  :D

Its kind of a "dumb" question; following the popular saying "any press is good press", and in most cases it realy seams to be this way.
Bitcoin is warming up to be the next hot topic amung financing elite, and there is realy little chance for bitcoin to fail in getting the attention it needs to thrive.

Im only hoping that development side wont stop providing security by doing everything it takes to ensure everything is spot on with growing popularisation,
and then the last and most important step; legal regulation to stop next mt.gox from happening..

Theres actualy alot for bitcoin to go through, but so far, so good.

cheers

I think it started off with negative media attention but it is changing.. N has turned into positive now.. The effect on media now is a bit evident.. Which has been positive n probably stay positive forever.

well the biggest effect on bitcoin comes from social medias. but keep in mind that not all of them are positive. take this forum for example, every day you can see a now topic or and old one come up with a subject about bitcoin dying.

The problem is that most media only look at slikroad and scams when it comes to BTC.
They dont see it as a good thing, but as a bad thing only because of that.

And its so annoying.

Basically that has a dual effect as such. When the price jumped, they covered it a lot, and due to that we had many people who got introduced to btc, but the bad news steer people away . So its kind of a mixed effect

Yea... But still when you only see the header on a news paper "NEW BIG SCAM IN THE BITCOIN WORLD"
Then I dont think that people will come running and start investing.

You're right OP, as long as we stay in media it's good, even if it was for a bad news, it creates curiosity and give people chance to learn and discuss. Which in long run helps Bitcoin.

But this is just my understanding and opinion, please don't bash me for it.

These days the media news is more of being negative than having positive news. And this has no effect on the price, as the people in it, are already aware of the facts of the hacks and scams happening.
The only effect it has is that it reduces the adoption of new people into bitcoin as they tend to stay away.

This whole thread reminds me of that Ali G skit "Da Media":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_eUEb81fa8

The media good or bad press is in all actuality good for something as new as Bitcoin.  When you're a 6 year old technology, you just want to be seen or heard.  Perception can take more than a decade to change after the initial introduction.

Media is very important to Bitcoin.
That is the source of all the information that the masses listen to. :)

It depends on the audience of the media, as the effect of the wallstreet journal was almost immediate. But the mainstream media will be what will bring mass adoption. When Bitcoin is used casual within other media, like series or movies, that is when bitcoin will take off for the layman and not just the daytraders.

Check out below, it's cool... I saw it somewhere, BTC's getting into limelight...  ;D

https://i.imgur.com/LWBFy5W.jpg

Do regular people read the Wall Street Journal?
I think readers of WSJ are the people who are interested in Wall Street and these people 'love' money.
That is still no good.

I prefer the acceptance of the mass/mainstream without any help of the media.

Media can easily build someone, and ironically they also easily can destroy you.

You mean easily destroy like this?

http://s.newsweek.com/sites/www.newsweek.com/files/styles/cover/public/2014/04/02/2014/03/05/67-2014-3-14-cover.jpg?itok=BNZY7_ei

Thank God Andreas setup a fundraiser for Dorian for the damage Newsweek did to this poor guy's rep.  One of the largest media blunders in recent memory...

Medias help a lot, just look at Britney Spears. She's getting uglier and uglier, and she doesn't know how to sing, but since the medias keep on showing her, she remains famous.

I'm very suspicious of the recent turn around in MSM approach to Bitcoin. Up until recently you rarely saw an article that didn't come out with all the negatives, instable, drugs, terrorists, excnages breaking down etc etc.

Suddenly everyone is a believer and the media is pro Bitcoin. But the subtle difference is oh the blockchain is the real tech and Bitcoin itself is a flawed currency....see where this is going?


So I think opposition to Bitcoin ie the FED realised it simply can't stop Bitcoin globally. But what it can do is create an alternative that serves its purposes ie to be able to print/make as much as it wants out of thin air. And that's exactly what is now happening apparently. The FED is not going to simply watch as it becomes obsolete, it will fight with the massive power it has. For the record I'm a big Bitcoin believer but I do worry some on here have not grasped the capabilities and powerful motives the FED and central banks have on here to grind abitcoin into the dust while accepting it needs to divert people to their own digital currency.

I don't see much media attention, so, I don't know.

Call me old fashioned but i don't see the media either i turned my tv off quite awhile ago, because they push to much what they want you to see not the truth. If bitcoin has been in the media it can be good to reach a wider audience of people and maybe get more users, i would imagine if they are not showing the bad side of it then they are not showing that for a reason and would probably mean some powerful people are involved..

You do not know what youre saying.

Media has been covering bitcoin stories but what they say are not all positive about Bitcoin.

It depends what messages the source wants to communicate. Always try to search more every "news" for accuracy.

Speaking now, I saw an interesting video - talk about Cryptorevolution and I would like to share it with you.

http://www.onestopbrokers.com/2015/03/16/cryptorevolution/ (http://www.onestopbrokers.com/2015/03/16/cryptorevolution/)

It depends on the media. For example RT tend to be very positive towards Bitcoin with Max Keiser and so on.. while CNBC are experts of spreading FUD.

This just gave me a warm and fuzzy feeling inside when Wall Street Journal made it the top headline of their print newspaper:

https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/WSJ-Kiosko.net_.png

Wall Street Journal is definitely giving Bitcoin a "bullish vibe.

Gandhi fits perfect here.
"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win"

Now the phase begins where they try fight us. Hope that Bitcoin will make the race. It's going to be rough!

I guess we are at end of phase where any publicity is good and most of ppl are aware of Bitcoin allready. Now we are entering stage where bad news just drive investors and potential users out of bitcoin and it is time for good news. It sounds funny, but in early stage bad news was good cause they spread lot faster and reach lot wider audience.

Many say that media stomps bitcoin through their one way reporting. However, I think bitcoin needs the media in fulfilling its potential.
Where Bitconi stands now, is also because of media's help.

Mainstream media helped create the first huge BTC rise in 2011. Lately, "they" are promoting Bitcoin so much, it almost looks a bit suspicious.

Well, information effects price. Big surprise. People controlling information technically and unavoidably therefore "manipulate" price. If you want to investigate wrongdoing, then find some suspicious activity and investigate it, but enough with broad generalizations and conspiracies.