As outlets that welcome rational exchanges of ideas dwindle those that serve as echo chambers are exploding. What does that mean for free speech and the health of the US?

The Muppet Christmas Carol works hard to get people to engage with Charles Dickens, but its real success is becoming part of the holiday itself.

Environmentally oriented films from the classical era of Hollywood animation delivered powerful messages about the negative consequences of technological progress.

Explore US history with these maps of national parks, folklore, 1930s Greyhound bus routes, and more!

Kernodle and Shonekan explore the contributions of Black Americans to classical music and the importance of music and song for social justice movements.

By viewing movies like The Manchurian Candidate, students can see one version of history that they can then use to dig deeper, explore more.

Researchers are concerned not only with our exposure to mis- and disinformation but with the depth of confidence people have in their inaccurate beliefs.

The first feature-length zombie movie emerged from Haitians’ longstanding association of the living dead with slavery and exploited labor.

Song sharks have been a problem for aspiring lyricists nearly as long as there’s been a music industry.

Scholars of politics and media have been tracking an ongoing collapse of trust in representative democracy's core institutions. What's at stake?