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Victor Pickard’s profile on The Conversation

A group of China specialists from around the United States examines the U.S.-China relationship in increasingly uncertain times.

“The program has helped make the arts an integral part of campus life for all students,” says Daria Yudacufski, who leads the initiative.

Thirty years ago, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) made a fateful decision: to allow newspapers, magazines, television, and radio stations to compete in the marketplace instead of being financed exclusively by the government.

Amazon vs. Netflix: Jeff Bezos Spends $8 Billion in MGM Purchase Amid Streaming War With news that Amazon has entered into an agreement to purchase a controlling stake at the classic Hollywood studio MGM, nothing else could strengthen the tech giant more as it bulds its streaming portfolio. Photo : Edward Smith/Getty Images With news that Amazon has entered into an agreement to purchase a controlling stake at the classic Hollywood studio MGM, nothing else could strengthen the tech giant more ...

Executives from Tegna, NBCU Television Stations and Fox Television Stations told a TVNewsCheck webinar that local station marketing is best executed by those in the market itself — with support from corporate — and that marketing needs to start “from a place of brand, not from a place of product.”

Media in Religion and Politics The role of popular media in furthering the politics of the day cannot possibly be underestimated. Robin Jeffrey analyses the role that technology has played in Indian elections historically and explores the potential of new digital media powered by 4G enabled phones in elections today.  New ways of communication—new media—disrupt conventional means of communication. They force long-accepted practices to change. Understanding both the technology and the pote...