This paper presents an investigation of metaphoric language in the contemporary discourse of Detroit’s “renewal.” News articles from local and national news sources from 2009-2011 provide evidence of critical and provocative metaphoric constructions found in the gentrification discourse of...
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“Culture Matters More than We Think”: Eric Weiner / A Profile
EPIC Profiles Series EPIC2016 Keynote Speaker Eric Weiner is a veteran foreign correspondent and New York Times best selling author. In an interconnected, technology-driven world, does culture still matter? Can there really be “best practices” to be drawn from the vast range of human experiences?...
The Media Landscape under Threat: Navigating the Need for Change by Applying an Anthropological Approach
While newspaper subscriptions are plummeting and advertising revenues move from content providers to search engines, media houses struggle to adapt and to build new capabilities in order to adapt to emerging consumer practices. Drawing on an on-going research with regional media houses and with...
Anthro x Journo: The Value of Ethnography for Solving Journalism’s Challenges
Today’s working journalists are experiencing friction in stereo: both readers and sources don’t trust them to get...