The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Brewers are once again making beer from things that typically end up in one’s household trash, a 7,000-year-old custom.

A look at TV watching as a social activity, from the "water cooler" network shows of yore to today's "second screen" live-tweets.

This anthropologist's research on contemporary American society probes the tensions between business and art in the film world.

A hundred years later, we are still learning.

What really happened that summer day in 1973? And what does it reveal about our cultural attitudes toward violence?

If you're concerned about the internet's effects on the world and on yourself, unplugging might not be the answer.

Science fiction isn’t limited to predicting tech developments: It’s more broadly concerned with imagining possible futures, or alternative presents.

If the standard we hold for who can vote is the consent of the governed, why shouldn’t children be included?

The Hays Code, a censorship system that saw movies as "business, pure and simple," kept Hollywood on a short leash... until a 1952 Supreme Court decision declared it unconstitutional.

White House officials, like parents, are learning how limiting screen time can lead to better focus. But what does "screen time" really mean?