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The twilight of the superhero?

  • Written by: The Conversation
imageSuperman's over the hill.'Superhero' via www.shutterstock.com

Since the 1980s, flagship comic-book superhero movie franchises – from DC’s Superman to Marvel’s Iron Man – have seen some major movie studio investments and, more often than not, blockbuster returns.

But significant changes in the superhero mythos in our culture...

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Lessons for media educators from the Virginia on-air shootings

  • Written by: The Conversation
imageCoverage of slain TV journalists from the station where they worked.WDBJ7

As a professor specializing in broadcast communication, I have tried to find lessons to teach aspiring journalists following the shooting of two TV journalists this week.

When I first heard about the shootings in Virginia of reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward, I...

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