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Status Quo or Silver Lining? Environmental Changes in a Pandemic
“Life [now] is somewhat more complicated than it was in the Middle Ages, but in many ways it is so much the same — violent, terrifying, full of chaos and plague, murderers and thieves. So the acknowledgement that in the… Read More ›
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Would news organizations produce better journalism if they used the Socratic method?
Barry Gan (presenter), Professor, Department of Philosophy, St. Bonaventure University Lee Coppola, Retired Dean, Jandoli School of Communication, St. Bonaventure University Kevin Lerner, Assistant Professor of journalism, Marist College Charles Paolino, Former editor, Home News Tribune (East Brunswick, N.J.) and… Read More ›
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Socrates meets ‘The Boss’
By Richard Lee Since I spent part of my career covering rock’n’roll and another part covering – and working in –politics and government, I often explore areas where music and public policy intersect. So when we launched our Media Studies… Read More ›
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True Falsehoods
By Barry L. Gan Just as newspapers have long been concerned with reporting the truth, philosophers at least since the time of Socrates have also been concerned with matters of truth and falsity. Socrates himself, however, was less concerned with,… Read More ›
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Jandoli Institute Will Launch ‘Media Studies Across Disciplines’ Project
The Jandoli Institute will launch Media Studies Across Disciplines, a collection of research essays by St. Bonaventure University faculty members, this week. The essays connect different academic disciplines with the field of communication. Faculty members used their knowledge and expertise… Read More ›
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An open letter to the bishops of the Roman Catholic Church
By Michael P. Riccards The most recent pandemic has caused chaos for the major institutions of the United States, including the Catholic Church. Ingenious pastors have tried to incorporate the new protocols with the ancient ritual to keep some of… Read More ›
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NY Communication Association will hold conference online
The New York State Communication Association will conduct its 2020 conference, Communication, Conduct, and Pragmatic Interplay, online from Oct. 16 to 18. The conference submission deadline is July 1. More details are in the conference Call for Papers.
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Bona journalism students continue PolitiFact workshop during summer
Journalism students at St. Bonaventure University are working on PolitiFact fact-checking articles throughout the summer. Last week, PolitiFact posted two more fact-checks by Jandoli School of Communications students: Michael Hogan and Sean Mickey fact-checked Sen. George Borrello’s claim that coronavirus cases… Read More ›
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NYT op-ed controversy rekindles questions about journalists’ activism
By Lee Coppola When I was co-teaching a media ethics course at St. Bonaventure with the venerable professor emeritus Mary Hamilton, the topic of journalists’ activism came up. I voiced my belief that journalists must remain non partisan, not even… Read More ›
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Did COVID-19 coverage focus on the right topic?
Stories about the medical aspects of the coronavirus – symptoms, precautions and treatment – accounted for less than a fifth of media’s coverage of the pandemic during a six-week period from late March through early May, according to an informal… Read More ›
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