Tag: media
How ‘gate’ became the syllable of scandal
Roger J. Kreuz, University of Memphis
On June 17, 1972, Washington, D.C., police arrested five men for breaking into...
Why ‘bad’ ads appear on ‘good’ websites – a computer scientist...
Eric Zeng, University of Washington
Sketchy ads, like those for miracle weight loss pills and suspicious-looking software, sometimes appear...
Why some women are traveling to South Korea to find boyfriends
Min Joo Lee, Wellesley College
For my entire life I’ve obsessively watched South Korean television dramas, or K-dramas.
Disaster news on TV and social media can trigger post-traumatic stress...
Jonathan S. Comer, Florida International University and Anthony Steven Dick, Florida International University
When disasters strike, the flood of...
Canadian trucker protests show how the loudest voices in the room...
Matthew Jordan, Penn State and Sydney Forde, Penn State
After Canadian truckers upset with vaccination mandates made their way...
Appeal in Sarah Palin’s libel loss could set up Supreme Court...
Bill Kovarik, Radford University
To the numerous challenges facing the U.S. media in recent years, add a libel case...
Fact-checking may be important, but it won’t help Americans learn to...
Taylor Dotson, New Mexico Tech
Entering the new year, Americans are increasingly divided. They clash not only over differing...
Spotty data and media bias delay justice for missing and murdered...
Wendelin Hume, University of North Dakota
No one knows just how many Indigenous girls or women go missing each...
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...
Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University of Washington; Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Vijay Limaye, University of Wisconsin-Madison
