The Civics Lab
The Civics Lab at St. Edward's University (Austin, TX) is a student and faculty collaborative podcast on civics life in America. We interview guests and discuss issues around the intersection of politics, economics, society, public policy, religion and other important issues to the civics life in the United States and Texas. Dr. David Thomason, on the faculty at St. Ed's, is the director of the Kozmetsky Center of Excellence and project manager of the Civics Lab. Students at St. Ed's produce, research and comment on the podcast. The Civics Lab team is led by St. Edward's University students Jacob Zivin, George Reyes, Charlie Mossberger, Paige Kennedy, Tori Fleming and Janie Herring. The podcast is brought to you by the Kozmetsky Center. Some of the podcasts are also funded by a Civics Engagement grant from Pi Sigma Alpha.
The Civics Lab
One Nation Under Media Control- Ep 4
This week, the civics lab explores the causes for why the media contributes to inflaming our political divide. We discuss our groups’ solutions from an article we wrote for the Dallas Morning News Sunday Edition.
The public reaction to this article included well over 150 comments on digital media and ran a full spectrum of informed to outright venomous responses.
Listen to our reaction and assessment in this week’s episode of the civics lab. Are we united by our continued social media divsions? Is the business of the news contributing to the inflammation of America's political divide? React to our article on our Twitter and Instagram feeds, @TheCivicsLab
