Tag: media
The magazine that inspired Rolling Stone
Peter Richardson, San Francisco State University
The 50th anniversary of Rolling Stone magazine has arrived, and not without fanfare. Joe Hagan’s biography of co-founder Jann...
How does an authoritarian regime celebrate a revolution?
Cynthia Hooper, College of the Holy Cross
“And what, exactly, is there to be celebrating?” snapped Vladimir Putin’s press secretary on Oct. 25, a little...
Why are Russian media outlets hyping the Mueller investigation?
Cynthia Hooper, College of the Holy Cross
Four major Russia investigations are underway in Washington, along with at least six related federal inquiries.
Anxiety currently...
How the Pentagon tried to cure America of its ‘Vietnam syndrome’
Paul Joseph, Tufts University
In August 1965, Morley Safer, a reporter for “CBS News,” accompanied a unit of U.S. marines on a search-and-destroy mission to...
The slippery slope of the oligarchy media model
Rodney Benson, New York University and Victor Pickard, University of Pennsylvania
On July 28, Apple heiress Laurene Powell Jobs bought a majority stake in The...
Why the creators of ’13 Reasons Why’ should pay attention to...
Jon-Patrick Allem, University of Southern California
Does it matter that people seem to have become more interested in suicide – expressing more suicidal thoughts, while...
The backstory behind the unions that bought a Chicago Sun-Times stake
Brian Dolber, California State University San Marcos
An investment group led by former Chicago alderman and businessman Edwin Eisendrath and the Chicago Federation of Labor...
Combatting stereotypes about Appalachian dialects
Kirk Hazen, West Virginia University
During the 2016 presidential election, broad support for Donald Trump came from most communities in Appalachia, where he received 63...
EXPLORING NATURE
Geothermal energy has huge potential to generate clean power – including...
Moones Alamooti, University of North Dakota
As energy use rises and the planet warms, you might have dreamed of...
