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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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.
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
By Richard Lee In a career that has spanned more than six decades, Bob Dylan has written songs of every size and shape. Dylan, who turns 79 today, even wrote one that follows the traditional structure of a news story…. Read More ›
By Evan Weiner One of the reasons the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team has a large regional following was the team’s broadcasts on KMOX, which was and is a clear channel station which means at night the signal did not… Read More ›
By Landon Allison During American infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci’s recent Senate testimony, he expressed concerns over the possibility of states opening up too early in this pandemic when they have not yet reached the checkpoints necessary for safe… Read More ›
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