Tag: media
Why do so many Americans now support legalizing marijuana?
Amy Adamczyk, City University of New York; Christopher Thomas, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, and Jacob Felson, William Paterson University
American views on marijuana...
Race of mass shooters influences how the media cover their crimes,...
Laura Frizzell, The Ohio State University; Sadé L. Lindsay, The Ohio State University, and Scott Duxbury, The Ohio State University
On Jan. 24, 2014, police...
Anthony Bourdain’s window into Africa
Jacob Henry, University of Hawaii
Anthony Bourdain might have been a celebrity chef, but viewers of his Emmy Award-winning travel show, “Parts Unknown,” didn’t tune...
How ‘media snacks’ – from HQ Trivia to Candy Crush –...
Ethan Tussey, Georgia State University
When Snow White sang “Whistle While You Work,” she was participating in a long tradition of using entertainment to manage...
Mad Magazine’s clout may have faded, but its ethos matters more...
Michael J. Socolow, University of Maine
Mad Magazine is still hanging on. In April, it launched a reboot, jokingly calling it its “first issue.”
But in...
The deaths of 76 Branch Davidians in April 1993 could have...
Catherine Wessinger, Loyola University New Orleans
Twenty-five years ago, on February 28, 1993, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents attempted to execute a “dynamic...
Local media struggle to hold Sinclair accountable
Andrea Hickerson, Rochester Institute of Technology
Sinclair Broadcast Group’s stations are under renewed scrutiny following Deadspin’s release of a montage of anchors reading the same...
Why it’s so important for kids to see diverse TV and...
Julie Dobrow, Tufts University; Calvin Gidney, Tufts University, and Jennifer Burton, Tufts University
The hype surrounding “Black Panther” has been as hyperbolic as any feat...