Political Science News and Events
Campbell speaks to LA Times about assassination of Haiti's president
Read more in the Los Angeles Times article, "Who killed Haiti’s president? Plot thickens as Moise’s guards come under scrutiny."
July 13, 2021
Rasmussen's Fears of a Setting Sun reviewed in Wall Street Journal
"Fears of a Setting Sun: The Disillusionment of America’s Founders" (Princeton University Press, 2021), written by Dennis Rasmussen, professor of political science, was reviewed in the Wall Street Journal.
July 12, 2021
See related: Government, State & Local, United States
Barkun quoted in NorthJersey.com piece on TWA 800 conspiracy theories
Michael Barkun, professor emeritus of political science, says internet forums and social media platforms have served as mass media outlets without gatekeepers. They allow unconventional ideas to quickly become mainstream. "Now anyone with an idea, no matter how bizarre, has a way of potentially getting it in front of fairly large audiences," he says. "That has eroded what was once a firm boundary between the fringe and the mainstream."
July 9, 2021
See related: Media & Journalism, United States