Ten lessons from the past and steps we can take now to educate ourselves and our students about how to be a thoughtful consumer of information.

Although porn never became a big part of the cable TV business, it was central in debates over its regulation.

The rebellious culture of the Beat Generation was coopted into fodder for a marketable lifestyle.

When it began as Fox-Movietone News, the company was known for appealing to viewer's tastes by leaving out upsetting news, including the rise of fascism.

In 1968 violent events at home and aboard were broadcast in color on the television news, creating impacts that may have swayed the presidential election.

Rupert Murdoch was born in Australia, and first made an international impact in Britain. He thrust himself into the U.S. market with his purchase of the New York Post newspaper in 1974.

The late summer crime wave of 1744 London sparked an intense moral panic about crime that burnt itself out by the new year. But not before heads rolled.

A quick Google search will yield suggested results, 'are blogs still relevant 2016', 'are blogs still relevant 2017'' 'is blogging dead'.

Communication theorists don't usually merit international celebrity, with one giant exception: Canadian professor and author Marshall McLuhan.

When Charles Lindbergh became the first to fly solo across the Atlantic in 1927, the smiling visage of the ...