Michael McDevitt
@mikejmcdevitt
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Professor of Journalism, CU Boulder, author of Where Ideas Go to Die: The Fate of Intellect in American Journalism (Oxford)
Boulder, CO
Joined April 2015
This essay, just published, explains how the social control of intellect occurs in the academic-media nexus.
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Abstract. Intellect in social theory is often presented as an ideal type—the critical, iconoclastic side of the mind—but it must anticipate an audience in
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This essay, just out, explains how the quality press is complicit in democratic decline.
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Renewed scrutiny of how U.S. journalism functions as a political institution is warranted in an era of democratic backsliding. While news media cannot deliver policy on their own, they are fully eq...
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Check out this collection from Oxford, “Fake News, Misinformation, and Disinformation: Journalism Today?” My book Where Ideas Go To Die is included along with a sample chapter.
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This book explores journalism's contribution to anti-intellectualism.
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RT @OUPEconomics: Is there a relationship between #journalism and #intellect?.Explore in this freely available chapter: .
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The publisher of Where Ideas Go to Die -- my book on journalism and anti-intellectualism -- is providing free access to the first chapter:.
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RT @nikkiusher: 60+ journalism/polcomm scholars have put forward a policy briefing for journalists about how to cover elections responsibly….
mediafordemocracy.org
In the wake of the violent political attack on the U.S. Capitol, there is a new urgency in calling out the anti-democratic words and actions of the president and many members of his party. We have...
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Here is a commentary from Education Week on the importance of "political parenting."
In a study of the 2016 election nearly all kids (ages 5 to 11) expressed a candidate preference. (1/3). My latest for @goodhousemag feat. @greenlee_jill @mikejmcdevitt @DrLauraMarkham @mlparentcoach @kellydipucchio @nickbruel & more (cc: @mar_to_go).
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'Political Parenting' Can Be a Counter to Incivility - Education Week http://t.co/Z6zdC4eDYJ via @educationweek.
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