Category: Academic Reportage

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Erin Isings, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Information & Media Studies, Western University Imagine you’re awaiting important feedback. For professionals, this could be a performance appraisal from your boss. For students, it could be written comments and a grade on an important paper. For many people, this…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Rohan Grover, Assistant Professor of AI and Media, American University People feeling that their data is being collected at every turn leaves many numb to the issue of data privacy. J Studios/DigitalVision via Getty Images When the Trump administration gave Immigration and Customs Enforcement access to…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Qianxi He, Faculty Lecturer, McGill University Have you ever wondered how airplanes, cars, oil and gas pipelines or medical devices are made? It’s not just the materials they’re composed of that’s so important, but also the high-speed machining that shapes them. Improving those processes can improve…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Robin Lin Miller, Professor of Psychology, Michigan State University Providing supplies of HIV medications does not ensure they will get into the hands of those who need them most. Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images Protecting public health abroad benefits Americans. In a globalized world, diseases and their…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Nathan Fleshner, Associate Professor of Music Theory, University of Tennessee In the opening scene of “It Might Get Loud,” a 2008 music documentary, musician Jack White appears surrounded by scrap wood and garbage. He hammers nails into a board, wraps wire around a glass Coca-Cola…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Vamsi Kanuri, Associate Professor of Marketing, University of Notre Dame More than one-third of U.S. consumers were targeted by attempted financial fraud in 2024. Vladimir Vladimirov/E+ via Getty Images When banks issue their defrauded customers refunds and successfully identify the perpetrators, fraud victims are 60%…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Andrew Edelblum, Assistant Professor of Marketing, University of Dayton “Sex sells” has been a mantra in marketing for decades. As researchers who study consumer behavior, we’ve seen plenty of evidence to support it: Attractive models and spokespeople have been shown to reliably grab attention, boost…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By Olayinka Ajala, Associate professor in Politics and International Relations, Leeds Beckett University Terrorism and insurgency have ravaged parts of Nigeria since 2009, especially in the northern regions. Tens of thousands of Nigerians have been killed and millions have been displaced by the violence. Nigeria was…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By Leila Patel, Professor of Social Development Studies, University of Johannesburg There is now a growing global consensus that additional measures are needed to support the agency of social protection beneficiaries. Such support will strengthen their self-sustaining livelihoods and pathways that would accelerate social and economic…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Simon Black, Associate Professor of Labour Studies, Brock University Assembly member Zohran Mamdani attends a news conference on universal child care at Columbus Park Playground on Nov. 19, 2024, in New York City. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images Zohran Mamdani, the 34-year-old New York State Assembly member…