By Michael Shapiro Trouble in the local news industry has been smoldering for some time. The Coronavirus pandemic came along and doused it with gasoline, accelerating consolidation, cutbacks in coverage, sharp declines in advertising and in some cases, the shuttering… Read More ›
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Are We Better Than This?
By Adam Jones-Kelley We’re better than this? Throughout this recent crisis, and through so many like it before, our leaders have assured us that “we’re better than this.” Data suggest otherwise. Stating a thing doesn’t make it so. The first… Read More ›
Greg Mitchell book on Hiroshima arrives today
Greg Mitchell’s new book marking the 75th anniversary of the dropping of the Atomic bomb on Hiroshima arrives today. The book, The Beginning or the End: How Hollywood–and America–Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, is published by The… Read More ›
After the goldrush, a silver lining remains
By Richard Lee Finding a song to illustrate our second Media Across Disciplines essay of the summer is easy; finding the right song is a bit of a challenge. In the essay, Status Quo or Silver Lining? Environmental Changes in… Read More ›
Sociology Profs See Greater Focus on Environment During Pandemic
Not all of the news emerging from the coronavirus pandemic is bleak, according to two faculty members of the Department of Sociology and Criminology at St. Bonaventure University. “Recent news has hinted at something of a shift, a move in… Read More ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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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