Benjamin Burroughs

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Associate Professor, Journalism and Media Studies

Expertise: Emerging media, media industries, digital journalism, social media

Biography

Benjamin Burroughs is an assistant professor of emerging media. He researches streaming media and technology, media industries, digital media, sports media, social media, and digital journalism. His work has been published in journals such as New Media and Society, Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, International Journal of Sport Communication, and Games and Culture.

Education

Ph.D., University of Iowa
M.A., London School of Economics
M.A., University of Southern California, Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism

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Ever find yourself inexplicably sucked into (another!) video of social media influencer downing a massive feast of 100 different kinds of shrimp? You can't scroll past. And before you know it, you're craving crustaceans, making reservations at that new seafood restaurant, and searching for recipes.

The indelible slap of cinema in 2022

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If you had to choose a movie image to remember this 2022, it would be the slap that Will Smith gave Chris Rock on Oscar night, an incident that continues to give rise to talk and that has come to eclipse other key moments in the history of these awards.

Welcome Timi - Vietnam's new virtual influencer!

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The 4.0 era has begun, the keyword virtual Influencer is no longer strange to the public. However, in Vietnam , the "characters" have just entered the field and are in the process of integrating with Vietnamese netizens .

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