Social Media Experts Available for Commentary on Russian Hacking
On Nov. 1, representatives from Facebook, Twitter and Google are expected to testify publically before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the House intelligence committee’s Russia Investigative Task Force. These hearings will question how Russian-backed accounts used these social…
Media Advertising and Profitability in the Age of Fake News
Associate professor Ed Russell spent 25 years in the advertising business working for some of the largest and best known firms in the world before joining the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications faculty. Russell sees new ad campaigns by CNN, The…
Expert Commentary on Indigenous Peoples’ Day
As cities around the country debate whether the second Monday of October should be Columbus Day or Indigenous Peoples Day, Syracuse University Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Religion Phil Arnold offers expert commentary on the issue. “We know…
Gerrymandering is the Same as Giving One Team Complete Control of the Scoreboard
Professor of Law Keith Bybee directs the Institute for the Study of the Judiciary, Politics, and the Media (IJPM), a collaborative effort between the College of Law, the Maxwell School, and the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. His areas of…
Fake news is entering a more ruthless and dangerous stage
Joel Kaplan, the Associate Dean for Professional Graduate Studies and Professor at Syracuse University’s Newhouse School, reacts to reports on the fake news proliferating after the deadly Las Vegas shooting. “For those who believe the notion of fake news is ending…
Rhetoric at the UN, Similar to The Apprentice?
Kendall Phillips, professor of communication and rhetorical studies at Syracuse University, who is also teaching a class this semester on President Trump and popular culture, is available for comment on the recent speech by President Trump at the United Nations. “It…
How Fake News is Damaging Democracy
An assistant professor at the School of Information Studies at Syracuse University, Jeff Hemsley and his PhD students actively research the viral spread of fake news or other categorizations of viral information. In the wake of the mass shooting in…
In President Trump’s New Travel Ban, We See the Original Muslim Ban
Elizabeth Cohen, associate professor of political science at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School and a researcher of immigration and citizenship, remarks on the newest travel ban unveiled by the Trump Administration. “In President Trump’s new travel ban we see the original…
We Need to Ensure That Facebook Does Not Contribute to Unraveling Democracies
Syracuse University social media expert Jennifer Grygiel, assistant professor at the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, reacts to statements by Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO and founder of Facebook, on turning over Russian-linked ads to Congressional investigators looking at…
Why We Care About Jimmy Kimmel
Last night, Jimmy Kimmel, the host of ABC’s late night show, attacked the latest Congressional bill that would undo much of the Affordable Care Act. Back in May, Kimmel, in a speech that went viral, offered a tearful speech about…