{"id":11844,"date":"2011-09-06T12:49:58","date_gmt":"2011-09-06T17:49:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=11844"},"modified":"2011-09-06T12:49:58","modified_gmt":"2011-09-06T17:49:58","slug":"media-talk-%e2%80%94-sept-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2011\/09\/media-talk-%e2%80%94-sept-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Talk \u2014 Sept. 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Charles Burton<\/strong>, associate professor of Political Science, was interviewed by Ezra Levant about China&#8217;s foreign policy for the Sun TV program <em>The Source<\/em> on Aug. 25. He also appeared in the <em>Globe and Mail<\/em> article <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/politics\/canadian-diplomatic-trips-to-china-accomplished-little-us-ambassador-says\/article2139940\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Canadian diplomatic trips to China accomplished little, U.S. ambassador says&#8221;<\/a> on Aug. 24.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Adam Dickinson<\/strong>, associate professor of English Language and Literature, was interviewed for the article <a href=\"http:\/\/www.niagarafallsreview.ca\/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3266933\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;$60,000 federal grant funds professor&#8217;s body-pollution poetry&#8221;<\/a> in the <em>St. Catharines Standard<\/em> and <em>Niagara Falls Review <\/em>on Aug. 21.<\/p>\n<p><strong>John Kaethler<\/strong>, director of International Services and Programs Abroad, was quoted in the article <a href=\"http:\/\/www.niagarafallsreview.ca\/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3276576\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Foreign students must deal with cultural shock as they head to fall sessions&#8221;<\/a> in the <em>St. Catharines Standard<\/em> and <em>Niagara Falls Review<\/em> on Aug. 28.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Garth Stevenson<\/strong>, Political Science professor, was quoted in the article <a href=\"http:\/\/www.niagarafallsreview.ca\/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3277779\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Layton&#8217;s Legacy: NDP will continue to chart course leader set&#8221;<\/a> in the <em>Niagara Falls Review <\/em>on Aug. 29.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11845\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11845\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-11845\" title=\"Don Cyr\" src=\"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/doncyr-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Don Cyr\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11845\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Don Cyr<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Don Cyr<\/strong>, associate professor of Finance, was quoted in the article <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespec.com\/news\/business\/article\/586926--feel-secure-get-weather-insured\" target=\"_new\">&#8220;Feel secure: get weather insured&#8221;<\/a> in the <em>Hamilton Spectator<\/em> on Aug. 30. He was also quoted in the <em>Winnipeg Free Press<\/em> article <a href=\"http:\/\/www.winnipegfreepress.com\/business\/betting-on-the-weather-grows-in-popularity-128519113.html\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Betting on the weather grows in popularity&#8221;<\/a> on Aug. 27.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tim O&#8217;Connell<\/strong>, associate professor of Recreation and Leisure Studies, was quoted in the article <a href=\"http:\/\/www.universityaffairs.ca\/brock-basecamp.aspx\" target=\"_new\">&#8220;Orientation program takes students to the great outdoors&#8221;<\/a> in <em>University Affairs<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kevin Gosine<\/strong>, assistant professor of Sociology, was quoted in the <em>Globe and Mail<\/em> article <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/education\/primary-to-secondary\/a-rich-turnout-for-niagaras-poor-school\/article2149512\/\" target=\"_new\">&#8220;A rich turnout for Niagara&#8217;s &#8216;poor school'&#8221;<\/a> on Aug. 31.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Paul Adachi<\/strong>, PhD candidate in Psychology, has received widespread media coverage for his research into video games and aggression. Articles include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.montrealgazette.com\/life\/Study+links+competition+aggression\/5343242\/story.html\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Study links competition to aggression&#8221;<\/a> in the <em>Montreal Gazette<\/em> on Sept. 2<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.niagarafallsreview.ca\/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3279353\" target=\"_new\">&#8220;Competition and hot sauce lend new look at game aggression&#8221;<\/a> in the <em>St. Catharines Standard<\/em> and <em>Niagara Falls Review<\/em> on Sept. 1<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/ny-video-game-community-in-new-york\/study-finds-that-competitive-gaming-can-lead-to-aggressive-behavior\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Study finds that competitive gaming can lead to aggressive behaviour&#8221;<\/a> in examiner.com on Aug. 30<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/content.usatoday.com\/communities\/gamehunters\/post\/2011\/08\/video-game-competition-not-violence-could-be-culprit-in-aggression-study-says-\/1\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Video game competition, not violence, could be culprit to aggression, study says&#8221;<\/a> in <em>USA Today<\/em> on Aug. 30<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The annual residence move-in day was profiled in the article <a href=\"http:\/\/www.niagarafallsreview.ca\/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3285791\" target=\"_new\">&#8220;4,000 new students swell Brock&#8217;s numbers to more than 18,000&#8221;<\/a> in the <em>St. Catharines Standard<\/em> on Sept. 6. The article also appeared in the <em>Niagara Falls Review<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some recent media appearances by Brock faculty and staff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2099,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11844"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11844"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11844\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11846,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11844\/revisions\/11846"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}