Professor Michael Socolow appears in the following:
Ronna McDaniel and the Revolving Door From Politics to TV News
Friday, March 29, 2024
In light of the Ronna McDaniel episode, a look at the history of the practice.
Don't Panic
Friday, November 01, 2013
This week the 75th Anniversary of War of the Worlds passed by and the press recounted the familiar story of a nation plunged into panic by Orson Welles and the growing power of radio. Turns out, it’s much more complicated than that. Bob talks with Professor Michael Socolow, who says tales of nation-wide panic are overblown and can be traced to a nervous newspaper industry and faulty scholarship. Socolow and Jefferson Pooley wrote about War of the Worlds in Slate this week.