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Media and Communications
Interviews with scholars of media and communications about their new books.
July 11, 2026
Too Good to Waste
Paper was a precious commodity in the eighteenth century: every sheet was made by hand. There was therefore a significant market in recycling su…
July 10, 2026
Grounding the Cloud
Since the 1990s, technologists have promoted a vision of the “cloud” as a shapeless and intangible entity. Grounding the Cloud: Urbanism in the Shadow…
July 8, 2026
Audio and Ideas, Panel #4
This is a special edition of the New York Institute for the Humanities’ Vault podcast. On May 13, 2026, Princeton’s Center for Human Values hosted a d…
July 7, 2026
Planet Digital
In the three decades since the rise of the global internet, digitalization has transformed how media are made, circulated, and consumed, reshaping cul…
July 5, 2026
Ctrl+Alt+Doubt
Ctrl+Alt+Doubt: Decoding the Language of Online Conspiracy Talk (Oxford UP, 2026) offers a new way to understand why conspiracy theories grow and pers…
July 3, 2026
The Problem with Personalization
A respected voice on technology shows how seemingly simple ads help dismantle democracy and public discourse. Whether you’re intentionally shopping o…
July 3, 2026
Audio and Ideas Panel #3
This is a special edition of the New York Institute for the Humanities’ Vault podcast. On May 13, 2026, Princeton’s Center for Human Values hosted a d…
July 2, 2026
Translating History Into Advertising
I chatted with brand planner Mark Rukman about his quest to translate historical ways of thinking into advertising. Mark likes to joke that, as a hist…
June 30, 2026
Doom Town, USA
In March 1953 and May 1955, government officials—including the Federal Civil Defense Administration (FCDA), the US Department of Defense, and the Atom…
June 29, 2026
News Machines
British daily newspapers transformed rapidly at the turn of the nineteenth century, ballooning in size and radically reorganizing staffing and p…
June 28, 2026
Foul or Fair?
There's more to sports than what occurs during games. Check your social media, listen to sports talk radio, or watch ESPN--there are daily stories of …
June 26, 2026
The Power of Publishing in Early Modern Tibetan Buddhism
The Power of Publishing in Early Modern Tibetan Buddhism (Lexington Books, 2025) is a rich exploration of the history of Tibetan books during the late…
June 25, 2026
Introducing Periodically
1. A complete list of University of California Press journals is available at UC Press Journals 2. Clare E. B. Cannon; Advancing sustainable transit…
June 25, 2026
The Jewish Press Today
In 1897 when the Forverts was founded, the need for a Jewish newspaper—a Yiddish newspaper that is—was self-evident: millions of Yiddish speaking Jew…
June 25, 2026
The Honesty Crisis
Research shows that honesty is the single most important characteristic a person can possess when it comes to liking them, respecting them, and unders…
June 24, 2026
What Running Your Own Imprint for 15 Years Teaches You about Books, Readers, and Risk
Great books don't happen by accident. Sarah Crichton, one of publishing's most respected voices and the founder of Sarah Crichton Books at FSG, joins…
June 23, 2026
Work of Fiction
Just how difficult is a career as a writer? In Work of Fiction: Making a Living from Writing in the UK (Palgrave MacMillan, 2024) Christina Williams, …
June 21, 2026
Audio and Ideas, Panel #2
This is a special edition of the New York Institute for the Humanities’ Vault podcast. On May 13, 2026, Princeton’s Center for Human Values hosted a d…
June 20, 2026
Hidden Heretics
In her recent publication, Hidden Heretics: Jewish Doubt in the Digital Age, scholar Ayala Fader tells the fascinating, often heart-wrenching stories …
June 17, 2026
Audio and Ideas, Panel #1
This is a special edition of the New York Institute for the Humanities’ Vault podcast. On May 13, 2026, Princeton’s Center for Human Values hosted a d…