Benjamin Burroughs In The News

Washington Post
“Yea or Nay” asks players to recall how senators voted on landmark bills, presidential appointments or other actions.
Las Vegas Review Journal
At 20 years old, Alex Hicks faced a problem most college students never encounter: The online games he was creating were generating six figures in revenue every month.
K.S.N.V. T.V. News 3
Benjamin Burroughs, an associate professor of emerging media at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, said technology has fundamentally changed how the public consumes crime.
The San Francisco Standard
In the Bay Area, you can sometimes identify the people most worried about AI by the smiling octopus decal they stick to their computer or hoodie.
Today
"67" now has a slang sibling, and its name is "41." To many, 41 is the number that numerically comes after 40 and before 42. But to Gen Z and Gen Alpha, the number has been added to their slang vocabulary.
Las Vegas Review Journal
When Manuel Ruiz and Rodney Finley encountered each other on the Strip the night of June 8, their digital worlds collided with reality.
Wallet Hub
Americans spend a lot of money on sports every year. Sports franchises in the U.S. bring in nearly $40 billion in yearly revenue, with money coming from ticket and merchandise sales, media rights, and sponsorship fees. Even with technology making major televised games accessible from anywhere, many serious fans still prefer live action — and the best seats in the house.
Yahoo!
Teenagers have adopted new slang that finds its roots in a play-on-words of the past as much as it is a recent pop culture reference. “Fax, no printer” is another way of saying “Truth.” “When someone says ‘fax,’ they are essentially saying, ‘I agree with what you just said, and it’s so true that I would transmit it via fax without needing to print it out,’” according to a glossary published by Later.com.