Journalism, Technology & Democracy – Page 10 – A Cronkite School Study of the United States Institute

Downtown Phoenix by night - photo by Soledad Arreguez Manozzo

Layered Mysteries & a Phoenix-Inspired Future

Phoenix is a city of mysterious aura. In mythology, Phoenix symbolizes renewal as well as the sun. As an anthropologist, I was always fascinated by the imaginary representations and the construction of realities. What journalists do is give meaning and…

A row of emergency services tents welcoming refugees at the Romania-Ukraine border

My 2022 SUSI Scholars Participation and a Sense of Duty

I’m writing this from Romania after the end of the first 2022 SUSI Scholars Orientation Zoom meeting. I am one of the lucky scholars who will participate this year in the program at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass…

Media and Journalism : Professionalism, Pandemics and technology

Since the global pandemic hit the world at the earlier of 2020, every single aspect of life has been radically changed. In-person class switched to virtual. Unfortunately, not everything could be easily converted to virtual in learning about media and…

The scholars prepare for a Zoom session with Dan Barr in Week 2

SUSI: My Wolf Pack that fights for journalism and democracy

“You should apply.” Those were the words my friend texted me in November 2019. “Think about it! You would spend four weeks in Alabama and a two weeks tour in the USA.” I clicked the link and replied, “Interested.” We…

To be digital, or not to be: Is this a question?

Meditation of a media scholar with no presence on social media “You are not on social media? Are you for real?!“ As a lecturer coming from Albania, a country in which teaching still means ‘teaching theories’ most of the time, one…

“Report! Report! Report! Just tell the truth.”

Cronkite School Writer-in-Residence Terry Greene Sterling shared her stories on immigration issues with our SUSI scholars on Saturday morning (Phoenix time) June 26. Terry is a passionate writer. From her stories, we can feel how much she loves her job.…

Getting to know what’s it like being a federal judge

SUSI Scholars’ privileged behind-the-curtains glimpse No country on earth is crime-free. This being true, the challenge facing leaders (globally) is fighting crime and maintaining law and order. The enormity of the challenge (e.g., crime rate and frequency, type, and so…

Slide showing some important academic and professional associations

Paths and Bifurcations of the Academic and Professional Life

There is more than just one way of being a great professional, academic and/or researcher, but some roads are more effective or convenient than others. There are no recipes, but there are people with professional and academic background who can…

Diagram of the "Remove, Reduce, Inform" model of misinformation control used at Facebook

Challenging and changing media ecology

The theoretical metaphor of media ecology argues that media outlets are like species that live and interact in an ecosystem. As in any ecosystem, one change impacts the whole environment. For example, the crisis of the print and broadcast media,…

Journalism, Technology & Democracy (page 10) — A Cronkite School Study of the United States Institute