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Big Conservative Media (The Big Con) and the Fundamental Transformation of America
By
Jack Kerwick
Ever since Barack Obama infamously announced his intention to “fundamentally transform” America, the merchants of Big Conservative media, i.e. The Big Con, have seized upon this as proof of Obama’s disdain for America as it has traditionally conceived itself. It’s true, of course, that this assessment of the 44th POTUS couldn’t be more correct: It…
Groupthink in Academia: The Will to Submit
By
Jack Kerwick
“Groupthink” is a phenomenon that social psychologists know well. It was in 1972 that Irving Janis first coined the term, and since this time the concept of Groupthink has been applied to the study of decision-making in various contexts. However, all too rarely have scholars analyzed academia in terms of Groupthink. Yet there can be…
Academics as “Thought-Collective”
By
Jack Kerwick
Everyone is familiar with “peer-pressure.” Adults like to convince themselves that peer-pressure is a juvenile phenomenon, something to which only children and, especially, teenagers are subjected. Grown-ups, we assure ourselves, are sufficiently tough-minded and strong-willed. Unlike weaker, immature kids, we are individuals with the courage to go our own way—regardless of who thinks what. This…
Groupthink in Academia
By
Jack Kerwick
According to The College Fix, a campus watchdog organization run by students, the political donations of Duke University employees are ten times higher in the year since Donald Trump was elected to the presidency than they were in the year following the reelection of Barack Obama. The Center for Responsive Politics found that Duke faculty…
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