July 23rd, 2012 | by R. Adriel Vasquez | published in EOTW talks to, Most recent, Special Features
Turkish scholar Meltem Ahiska wrote, “Europe has been an object of desire as well as a source of frustration for Turkish national identity in a long and strained history.” In their research at Anglo-American University, lecturer Pelin Ayan, Ph.D. and Juraj Mahfoud have taken it upon themselves to ask, is the feeling mutual? Working under [...]
April 25th, 2012 | by Robert Warren | published in Faculty Works, Most recent, News
by Rob Warren | As genetically alike as humans are, there is an inherent difference between us. Different in that we each perceive life from our own unique standpoint. On occasion we may find agreement on each other’s perceptions but more often than not our views of life collide; from agreeing to disagree, to a [...]
December 12th, 2011 | by R. Adriel Vasquez | published in Most recent, Student Essay
by Journalism undergrad Chris Lettner Propaganda and War While colloquially the term propaganda often has negative connotations, in this paper it is not used as something inherently good or evil but as a “description of style, function and political content,” as Nicholas O’Shaughnessy put it.1 Literature used in this paper employ the term a similar [...]
December 12th, 2011 | by Robert Warren | published in Faculty Works, Most recent
by Rob Warren | SMÍCHOV – A collection of business professionals, political analysts and academics waited eagerly for the arrival of the US Ambassador to The Czech Republic, Mr. Norman Eisen. The Hub, a trendy Smíchov studio workplace, was the location for Eisen’s discussion on ‘How to Apply Ethical Standards in an Unethical Environment’. The [...]
November 9th, 2011 | by R. Adriel Vasquez | published in Editors' Column, EOTW covers, EOTW talks to, Most recent, Special Features
You can find the notion of convergence in multiple fields of work, theory and research. As convergence in principle describes the tendency of transformations and characteristics—mathematical, genetic and social—to stabilize over time, it is not surprising to find it appropriated in telecommunications, where in recent years rapid transformation has disrupted the roles of journalism providers [...]
