Month: April 2012

April 27, 2012                John Green, Bliss Institute director and distinguished professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, is quoted in a Roll Call story on Catholics and the Paul Ryan budget plan. Text is available at http://www.rollcall.com/news/catholics-divided-paul-ryan-budget-plan-214154-1.html?pos=opolh.

April 25, 2012                David Cohen, Bliss Institute fellow and professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, is quoted in a Toledo Blade story on Josh Mandel, U.S. Senate candidate, http://www.toledoblade.com/Politics/2012/04/25/Mandel-ad-emphasizes-Iraq-service-family.html .  Cohen also was interviewed on Ray Horner’s WAKR-AM morning show about Mitt Romney’s primary victories. This interview is not available online.

April 23, 2012                David Cohen, Bliss Institute fellow and professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, is quoted in a Cincinnati Enquirer story on the U.S. Senate race in Ohio. Text is available at http://communitypress.cincinnati.com/article/AB/20120422/NEWS0108/304220037/US-Senate-seat-will-costly?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7CE-Edition%7Cs.

April 20, 2012                John Green, Bliss Institute director and distinguished professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, is quoted in Columbus Dispatch articles on the faith community’s opposition to the death penalty, http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/faith_and_values/2012/04/20/foes-of-executions-re-energized.html ; and Ohio’s economy, http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2012/04/20/ohios-economy-complicates-race.html.

April 19, 2012                John Green, Bliss Institute director and distinguished professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, is quoted in a GetReligion.org story on why journalists love “Mad Men” and not religion news. Text is available at http://www.getreligion.org/2012/04/why-journalists-love-mad-men-and-not-religion-news/.

April 18, 2012                John Green, Bliss Institute director and distinguished professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, is quoted in a Cleveland Plain Dealerstory on President Barack Obama, Gov. John Kasich and the improving economy, http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2012/04/gov_john_kasichs_economic_opti.html ; and a Crain’s Cleveland Business story on campaign contributions, http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20120416/SUB1/120419904.

April 16, 2012                A study by UA’s Bliss Institute on sensationalized media coverage of religion is noted in a Deseret News (Utah) editorial that is available at http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765568927/Media-sensation.html.

April 12, 2012                A recent Bliss Institute of Applied politics study is cited in a Huffington Post story on the lack of pro-LGBT religious voices in mainstream media. Text is available at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ross-murray/pro-lgbt-christian-voices_b_1418604.html.

April 11, 2012                John Green, Bliss Institute director and distinguished professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, is quoted in a CNN story on Rick Santorum’s withdrawal from the GOP presidential primary, http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/04/10/with-santorum-suspending-campaign-some-religious-conservatives-wonder-how-to-proceed/ ; and a Deseret News story on a poll revealing that the American public says religious news coverage is too sensationalized, http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765567511/American-Public-says-religious-news-too-polarizing-journalists-disagree.html.

April 9, 2012                  John Green, Bliss Institute director and distinguished professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, is quoted in an Associated Press story on the rough start for Josh Mandel’s Senate campaign. Text is available via the Columbus Dispatch at http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2012/04/09/mandel-campaign-for-senate-endures-rocky-start.html . Continuing coverage of Dr. Green’s research on sensationalized media coverage of religion is available from AkronNewsNow.com, http://akronnewsnow.com/news/local/item/30722-public-not-happy-with-religion-reporting ; and NewsBusters, http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2012/04/07/survey-media-does-poor-job-explaining-religion-and-especially-tv-news.

The Akron Beacon Journal and UA’s Bliss Institute are seeking participants for a study on the ways people are affected by the difficult times and how this affects the ability to have respectful conversations about differences of opinion. Text for this announcement is available at http://www.ohio.com/news/local/want-to-discuss-tough-subjects-beacon-journal-ua-seeking-participants-1.292580.

April 6, 2012                  Journalists sensationalize religion coverage, according to a recent study by the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics at UA and the Knight Program in Media and Religion at the University of Southern California. Coverage is available from the Cleveland Plain Dealer, http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2012/04/journalists_sensationalize_rel.html and Washington Post, http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/guest-voices/post/do-you-have-faith-in-the-media/2012/04/05/gIQALA2fxS_blog.html.

April 4, 2012                  John Green, Bliss Institute director and distinguished professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, is quoted in a Crain’s Cleveland Business column on state government. Text is available at http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20120403/BLOGS03/120409955.

April 3, 2012                  John Green, Bliss Institute director and distinguished professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, is quoted in a Bloomberg story on state politics. Text is available at http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-03/dogma-crumbles-as-kasich-fights-own-party-to-tax-ohio-s-drillers.html.

April 2, 2012                  John Green, Bliss Institute director and distinguished professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, co-authored an op-ed piece for the Deseret News on Mormons and politics. Text is available at http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765564520/Survey-clarifies-Mormons-beliefs-about-race.html . Dr. Green also is quoted in a Christian Science Monitor story on religion’s new prominence in the 2012 campaign that is available at http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2012/0401/The-faith-factor-Religion-s-new-prominence-in-campaign-2012 .

David Cohen, Bliss Institute fellow and professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, is quoted in a Mansfield News Journal story on U.S. Senate campaign spending in Ohio. Text is available at http://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/article/20120401/NEWS01/204010305/Brown-Mandel-snagging-big-money?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CFrontpage.