Tag: media
How TV cultivates authoritarianism – and helped elect Trump
James Shanahan, Indiana University and Michael Morgan, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Many gallons of ink (and megabytes of electronic text) have been devoted to explaining...
Seeking truth among ‘alternative facts’
Peter Neal Peregrine, Lawrence University
Part of what I do as an archaeologist is judge between competing claims to truth. Indeed, you could say this...
Does nonpartisan journalism have a future?
Justin Buchler, Case Western Reserve University
The nonpartisan model of journalism is built around the norm of covering politics as though both parties are equally...
10 ways the tech industry and the media helped create President...
Damian Radcliffe, University of Oregon
Three weeks after Donald Trump won a historic victory to become the 45th president of the United States, the media...
Experts’ roundtable: The future of journalism in Trump’s America
Gerry Lanosga, Indiana University, Bloomington ; Damian Radcliffe, University of Oregon; Frank Waddell, University of Florida; Glenn Scott, Elon University, and Jennifer Glover Konfrst,...
It wasn’t just ‘fake news’ presenting a fake Hillary Clinton
Leigh Gilmore, Wellesley College
Despite Hillary Clinton’s long and demonstrable commitment to public service and liberal reform, many voters in the 2016 presidential election were...
Facebook’s problem is more complicated than fake news
R. Kelly Garrett, The Ohio State University
In the wake of Donald Trump’s unexpected victory, many questions have been raised about Facebook’s role in the...
Why so many baseball experts whiffed with last year’s predictions
James Walker, Saint Xavier University and Robert Bellamy, Duquesne University
For Major League Baseball teams, spring brings the promise of a better year. For...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
