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Fandom: A Star Wars Story
This is about much more than Star Wars—it is about media bias and "information disorder" in the twenty-first century.
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William Proctor
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Contingent
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December 4, 2019
On Inventing Disaster
The culture of calamity from the Jamestown Colony to the Johnstown Flood.
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Cynthia Kierner
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Anna Faison
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UNC Press Blog
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November 20, 2019
Disinfo Redux
Wherever there has been power, there has been a struggle for narrative control.
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Laura Thorne
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Columbia Journalism Review
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November 1, 2019
partner
How Fear of the Measles Vaccine Took Hold
We’re still dealing with the repercussions of a discredited 1998 study that sowed fear and skepticism about vaccines.
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Retro Report
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October 15, 2019
When Science Was Groovy
Counterculture-inspired research flourished in the Age of Aquarius.
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W. Patrick McCray
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David I. Kaiser
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Science
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August 5, 2019
When Socialists Swept Milwaukee
Democratic socialists attending the 2020 Democratic Convention won’t be out of place in a city with a long history of socialist governance.
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Lindsey Anderson
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Belt Magazine
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May 21, 2019
Abusing Religion: Polygyny, Mormonisms, and Under the Banner of Heaven
How stories of abuse in minority religious communities have influenced American culture.
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Megan Goodwin
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The Revealer
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February 20, 2019
A Timeline of Working-Class Sitcoms
Over the years, there have been surprisingly few of them.
by
Kathryn Van Arendonk
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Vulture
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May 18, 2018
Female Trouble
Clinton's memoir addresses the gendered discourse and larger feminist contexts of the 2016 presidential campaign.
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Annette Gordon-Reed
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New York Review of Books
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January 22, 2018
What the Press and 'The Post' Missed
Leslie Gelb supervised the team that compiled the Pentagon Papers. He explains what Steven Spielberg's new film gets wrong.
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Brooke Gladstone
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Leslie Gelb
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WNYC
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January 12, 2018
The Strange History of One of the Internet's First Viral Videos
Back when video of Vinny Licciardi smashing a computer zigzagged all over the internet, "viral" wan't even a thing yet.
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Joe Veix
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Wired
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January 12, 2018
How Braids Tell America’s Black Hair History
Beyond three strands of hair interlocked around each other, there's a complicated story.
by
Ayana Byrd
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ELLE
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December 27, 2017
Cold War Propaganda: The Truth Belonged to No One Country
During the Cold War, US propagandists worked to provide a counterweight to Communist media, but truth eluded them all.
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Melissa Feinberg
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Aeon
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December 11, 2017
#MeToo? In 80 years, No American Woman Has Won Time’s ‘Person of the Year’ by Herself
The history of Time's 'Person of the Year' exemplifies the problem that led to this year's winner.
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Philip Bump
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Washington Post
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December 6, 2017
How to Measure Ghosts: Arthur C. Nielsen and the Invention of Big Data
How audience measurement became central to the creative and commercial development of television.
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Matt Locke
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Medium
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November 16, 2017
Pop Art in the US
A primary source set and teaching guide created by educators.
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Virginia B. Spivey
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Digital Public Library of America
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September 29, 2017
The Myth of Deep Throat
Mark Felt wasn’t out to protect American democracy and the rule of law; he was out to get a promotion.
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Max Holland
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Politico Magazine
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September 10, 2017
Is the Term 'Evangelical' Redeemable?
One historian, who also happens to be an evangelical Christian, says no.
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Thomas S. Kidd
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The Gospel Coalition
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September 8, 2017
Ken Burns's American Canon
Even in a fractious era, the filmmaker still believes that his documentaries can bring every viewer in.
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Ian Parker
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The New Yorker
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September 4, 2017
How the U.S. Lost Its Mind
Make America reality-based again.
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Kurt Andersen
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The Atlantic
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August 9, 2017
partner
When the War on the Press Turns Violent, Democracy Itself is at Risk
The bloody history of attacks on American journalists.
by
Joshua D. Rothman
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Made by History
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August 1, 2017
Combatting Stereotypes About Appalachian Dialects
Language variation is just as diverse within Appalachia as it is outside of the region.
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Kirk Hazen
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The Conversation
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July 13, 2017
Violence Against Members of Congress Has a Long, and Ominous, History
In the 1840s and 1850s, it was all too common.
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Joanne B. Freeman
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Washington Post
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June 15, 2017
partner
Ronald Reagan, the First Reality TV Star President
Ronald Reagan is at the heart of the modern American politics of advertising, public relations, and a television in every home.
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Matthew Wills
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Tim Raphael
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JSTOR Daily
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June 5, 2017
His Kampf
Richard Spencer is a troll and an icon for white supremacists. He was also my high-school classmate.
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Graeme Wood
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The Atlantic
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June 1, 2017
During WWII, 'Rumor Clinics' Were Set Up to Dispel Morale-Damaging Gossip
A network of "morale wardens" tracked down the latest scuttlebutt.
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Crystal Ponti
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Atlas Obscura
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May 17, 2017
The Syncopated Geography of Hip-Hop
Music scholar Katya Deve explores the history and geography of hip-hop.
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Katya Deve
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ArcGIS StoryMaps
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May 12, 2017
America’s Love Affair With the Hindenburg
Before the German zeppelin met its fiery demise, it was an object of fascination for U.S. radio listeners.
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Michael J. Socolow
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Slate
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May 5, 2017
Are We Having Too Much Fun?
In 1985, Neil Postman observed an America imprisoned by its own need for amusement. He was, it turns out, extremely prescient.
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Megan Garber
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The Atlantic
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April 27, 2017
Yellow Journalism: The "Fake News" of the 19th Century
Peddling lies goes back to antiquity, but during the Tabloid Wars of the 19th-century it reached the widespread outcry and fever pitch of scandal familiar today.
by
Adam Green
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The Public Domain Review
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February 21, 2017
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