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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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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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Fennville: A Haven for the Creative Class

Fennville: A Haven for the Creative Class

On its face, Fennville looks like a typical Mayberry-style rural town no stoplights, a one-block business dis…

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Returning to the scene of the crime

Returning to the scene of the crime

It's like a bad sequel to a movie nobody liked the first time around. The United States is fighting an unpopu…

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Out come the freaks

Out come the freaks

When people talk about quintessential Detroit bands, they usually cite proto-punk outfits like the MC5 and th…

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