November 2, 2022
Do all those political mailers in your mailbox make a difference? UC political scientist Brian Calfano says it's not likely to sway voters, but it's a campaign tradition that doesn't seem to want to die out.
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 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 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.
February 15, 2023
What you post on social media can be in conflict with your employers standards, says UC social media expert Jeffrey Blevins. More and more often people are getting dinged, or worse, for posts that put their employers in a bad light. Blevins suggests a social media review/edit of content and more thought put into posts.
February 14, 2023
What's flying overhead has U.S. citizens perplexed, as the U.S. government keeps information about the spy balloon and other objects that were shot down close to the cuff. Two political scientists at UC's School of Public and International Affairs say that you can't show your cards when it comes to cyber capabilities.
January 17, 2023
What an NFL player does both on and off the field can affect them financially, says an article in The Guardian. For example, players who protest can see a cut in salary, according to a research study by David Niven, an associate professor in UC's School of Public and International Affairs.
January 11, 2023
On Jan. 11, 2023 the FAA's communications system called NOTAM failed, causing an air grounding of all U.S. aircraft. The two most likely culprits were a glitch in technology or a cyber attack. Prior to determining it was human error, UC cyber-security expert Gregory Winger spoke to WCPO about digital vulnerability.
July 25, 2023
UC's Jeffrey Blevins featured as an expert in an NPR article on Elon Musk's rebranding of Twitter to "X". Blevins, who holds faculty positions in both the Department of Journalism and School of Public and International Affairs, is a leading scholar in U.S. telecommunication law and policy, and critical political economy theory and is the co-author of “Social Media, Social Justice and the Political Economy of Online Networks.”
July 27, 2023
If you’re interested in government and politics you may be asking yourself ‘what is political science, and what does a political scientist do?’ Political science is an academic discipline offered through UC’s College of Arts & Sciences (A&S), encompassing the systematic study of politics, government and public policy. Political science delves into understanding the theory and practice of politics at various levels, ranging from local governance to international affairs. Through the School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA), students can gain a comprehensive understanding of political systems, institutions, and behaviors, as well as the factors that shape political decision-making and public policy formulation.