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Karrin Vasby Anderson

Karrin Vasby Anderson

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Why ‘The West Wing’ went from a bipartisan hit to a polarized streaming comfort watch over 2 decades, reflecting profound shifts in media and politics

‘The West Wing’s’ transition from broadcast TV behemoth to ‘bittersweet comfort watch’ in today’s streaming era reveals how much media and...

09.02.2026 10

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Karrin Vasby Anderson

Why journalists are reluctant to call Trump an authoritarian – and why that matters for democracy

Media framing shapes people’s understanding of the world. A political communication scholar says that journalistic outlets’ failure to call Donald...

10.09.2025 5

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Karrin Vasby Anderson

How Trump’s compulsion to dominate sabotages dealmaking, undermines democracy and threatens global stability

Trump’s angry outburst at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy illustrated why authoritarians are lousy dealmakers, particularly when autocratic...

03.03.2025 3

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Karrin Vasby Anderson