The mainstream media showed, for example, no blood and guts resulting from the 9/11 attacks. Bruce Jackson attackbloodgut Change image and share on social
War is big and there are only so many reporters and only so many places for their words and images to appear. Choices are made constantly. Bruce Jackson bigchoiceconstantly Change image and share on social
Bridges become frames for looking at the world around us. Bruce Jackson bridgeframeworld Change image and share on social
The key fact missed most often by social scientists utilizing documentary films for data, is this: documentary films are not found or reported things; they're made things. Bruce Jackson datumdocumentaryfact Change image and share on social
What is perhaps more worthy of note than how many tsunami dead we've seen, however, is how many other recent dead we have not seen. Bruce Jackson deadhavenote Change image and share on social
America has the longest prison sentences in the West, yet the only condition long sentences demonstrably cure is heterosexuality. Bruce Jackson americaconditioncure Change image and share on social
Bridges are perhaps the most invisible form of public architecture. Bruce Jackson architecturebridgeform Change image and share on social
War is grounded in the notion of triumph and defeat. It is zero-sum. Bruce Jackson defeatgroundnotion Change image and share on social
All too often, academic departments defend their territory with the passion of cornered animals, though with far less justification. Bruce Jackson academicanimalcorner Change image and share on social
The daily press, the immediate media, is superb at synecdoche, at giving us a small thing that stands for a much larger thing. Reporters on the ground, embedded or otherwise, can tell us about or send us pictures of what happened in that place at that time among those people. Bruce Jackson dailyembedgive share on social