There was a time when the regions of the United States were clearly defined and understood entities: the Middle Atlantic, the Southeast and the Midwest. But the lines have blurred, and a quick look at demographics (and election results) will tell you Chicago and Atlanta have more in common with […] Read more »
‘The Diplomat’ negotiates expectations – and myths – about gender, power and politics
Keri Russell plays a a nonpolitical straight shooter in a political role that she grudgingly accepts. Brian van der Brug / Contributor/Getty Images Karrin Vasby Anderson, Colorado State University Few people would have predicted that a loquacious drama about a woman foreign service professional would have been Netflix’s next big […] Read more »
Podcasts as a Source of News and Information
Following a steady increase in podcast listening over the past decade, podcasts have become a big part of the normal routine – and news diet – of many Americans, especially younger adults. … Roughly half of U.S. adults say they have listened to a podcast in the past year, according […] Read more »
How Major League Baseball fans view the new rules of the game
… A YouGov poll of 1,000 U.S. adult citizens — including 347 baseball fans, or people who say they are very or somewhat interested in MLB — finds that baseball fans are more likely to support than oppose new rule changes. Among the new rules is a measure called “defensive […] Read more »
TikTok’s fate is in the hands of the creators
… With lawmakers grumbling that youth don’t comprehend our nation’s threats and youth questioning lawmakers who don’t appreciate their values or understand their use of technology — the team at SocialSphere and I tried to sort things out. We fielded an in-depth survey of more than 1,600 Gen Z (18-26 […] Read more »
TikTok is a money machine, but voters on both sides don’t know if it’s worth it
… Back in 2020, only two years after its global launch, TikTok said it had 100 million users in the United States. This week it announced the figure had climbed to 150 million. That figure represents about 45% of the 332 million men, women and children that make up the […] Read more »