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Brian J. Bowe

  • Professor and Chair, Western Washington University
As seen in: The New York Times, Foreign Policy Magazine, Grand Rapids Press, Sight & Sound, Crain's Detroit Business, Detroit Metro Times, HeadStuff, Arab Media & Society, This Week in Palestine, The Journal of Social Media in Society and
Covers:  rock 'n' roll, media framing, islam in america, punk, pop culture, journalism and media
@WWU journalism prof & @FulbrightPrgrm scholar to Jordan. Ultra-caffeinated Ph.D., journalist, author, teacher, rocker, cat concierge. Half of @panicvoluptuous.

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Brian J. Bowe is a veteran journalist, author, and educator whose work examines the interplay of journalism and culture in multiple settings.

Bowe has written extensively about music. He is the author of Judas Priest: Metal Gods, The Ramones: American Punk Rock Band and The Clash: Punk Rock Band. All three books are part of Enslow Publishers’ Rebels of Rock series of young adult biographies. He was the co-editor of CREEM: America’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll Magazine, published by Harper/Collins, and …

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Gettin' Down with the Clowns: Detroit's Insane Clown Posse, Faygo and the ShockFest Spectacle as ...

Gettin' Down with the Clowns: Detroit's Insane Clown Posse, Faygo and the ShockFest Spectacle as ...

In which I immersed myself in the Faygo frenzy of rock-rap’s ICP and its fanatic Juggalos, and found an authe…

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Framing moral evaluations: Moral Foundations in U.S. newspaper coverage of mosque controversies

Framing moral evaluations: Moral Foundations in U.S. newspaper coverage of mosque controversies

My doctoral dissertation, which examines three years of media coverage of controversies surrounding attempts …

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Stooges' drummer Scott Asheton 'drove the sound of the band'

Stooges' drummer Scott Asheton 'drove the sound of the band'

Judging from the outpouring of emotion from fans and peers over the death of Scott "Rock Action" Asheton Satu…

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Dinosaur Jr.: Jurassic Heroes

Dinosaur Jr.: Jurassic Heroes

Life inside Dinosaur Jr. these days seems much better than it was during the original lineup’s tumultuous run…

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Stay free

Stay free

The frequently controversial John Sinclair has held many roles over the years — poet, manager of the MC5, jou…

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Make it or break it

Make it or break it

Pittsfield Township sits just on the outskirts of Ann Arbor. It's a standard sort of middle-American sprawlbu…

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Roger Waters

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By Brian J. Bowe
| This Week in Palestine
Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters has examined the devastating effects of war and authoritarianism in his work for decades. Building on those interests, he has become one of the most prominent and vocal activists for the Palestinian cause. By any metric, Waters is a rock ‘n’ roll icon. His albums with Pink Floyd have sold in the millions. The group’s 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon has sold more than 45 million copies worldwide and spent 990 weeks on the Billboard 200 album chart.
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Emerging Reporters in a Nascent Democracy: How Tunisian Pre-Professional Journalists Perceive and Use Social Media in Their Work

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By Carolyn Nielsen, Brian J. Bowe, Arwa Kooli, Carolyn M. Nielsen
| Arab Media & Society
Home / Features / Emerging Reporters in a Nascent Democracy: How Tunisian Pre-Professional Journalists Perceive and Use Social Media in Their Work Abstract Tunisia’s Jasmine Revolution facilitated the development of the nation’s first press freedoms. The success of the 2011 revolution is often attributed to social media, which played an influential role as a means of catalyzing resistance and communicating atrocities. However, social media was also used as a tool of disinformation.
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The Impact of Online Network Diversity on Familiarity and Engagement with Social Issues News on Facebook

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By Donghee Yvette Wohn, Seong Jae Min, Jennifer Hoewe, Brian J. Bowe
| The Journal of Social Media in Society Verified
Adoni, H., & Mane, S. (1984). Media and the social construction of reality: Toward an integration of theory and research. Communication Research, 11, 323–340. doi: 10.1177/009365084011003001 Ahmadi, M., & Wohn, D. Y. (2018). The antecedents of incidental news exposure on social media. Social Media + Society, 4, 2. Anderson, M. (2016). Social media causes some users to rethink their views on an issue. Pew Research Center.
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