March 14, 2023
An overall decline in television viewership can be attributed to new technologies such as streaming services, but Black Entertainment Television has been feeling the decline more pointedly after legislation from the 1990s, UC's Jeffrey Blevins, a professor of journalism, tells The New York Times.
March 20, 2023
UC students receive hands-on research experience in a SPIA sports and politics course, taught by David Niven. The 2023 course project looked at the diving factors that led PGA golfers to join LIV golf, a Saudi-backed upstart golf league.
March 22, 2023
A proposed Ohio senate bill is viewed as a complete overhaul of higher education, according to media. Legislation is not typically as all encompassing as this bill, says David Niven, an associate professor of public and international affairs.
March 24, 2023
TikTok has 1.5 million users in the United States, and is currently under review by the U.S. congress. The Chinese company has been accused of aggregating data for nefarious purposes, as it is ultimately controlled by the Chinese Communist Party. Cyber security expert Richard Harknett was a guest speaker on "Cincinnati Edition" to discuss measures that might be, or should be, taken to protect Americans privacy and national security
March 29, 2023
According to national studies, as many as 75% to 85% of undergraduate students will change their major at least once before earning their degree. One in ten undergraduate students will change their major more than once throughout their college career. With over 40 majors to choose from in the University of Cincinnati’s College of Arts and Sciences, declaring a major can be a comprehensive process. Fourth year undergraduate student Maggie Sweeney found her perfect fit in the International Affairs program. “I used my resources at UC and looked into a couple different majors,” said Sweeney. “International affairs stuck out to me because it is an interdisciplinary major and all my interests in history, language, and social justice were encompassed into one major as a whole.”
April 3, 2023
Richard Harknett, head of UC's School of Public and International Affairs, was the initial scholar in residence at the U.S. Command. The U.S. Cyber Strategy for 2023 was recently announced, with Harknett recognized by cyber expert and colleague Gregory Winger.
April 17, 2023
UC experts Richard Harknett and Gregory Winger appear on Fox 19 to discuss growing tensions in U.S., China relations and what the impact of worsening relations between the counties could entail. Harknett is the director of UC's School of Public and International Affairs, and both he and Winger are cyber security experts, as well as foreign affairs experts.
April 17, 2023
An intelligence leak by a young Airman has the U.S. Department of Defense rethinking access and security clearances. Faculty at UC's School of Public and International Affairs convey their opinions to media on how secure the country's secrets are, and should be.
April 20, 2023
UC's Jeffrey Blevins among experts cited in Washington Post article on the Fox News settlement with Dominion Voting Systems. Professor Blevins is the co-author of “Social Media, Social Justice and the Political Economy of Online Networks.”
May 19, 2023
Since the onset of social media, what has changed in the way people communicate? What factors are there to consider now that employers and other agencies can search your posts? These are the topics that UC social media expert Jeffrey Blevins, PhD, discusses on the podcast: How has social media changed us?