The harmful consequences of the panic created around social media can impact vulnerable and marginalized youth the most profoundly, as was reflected particularly in the panics around comic books and video games.

Alvaro Marañon and Dalia Wrocherinsky · July 7, 2023

Editor’s note: This blog post contains preliminary conclusions of an ongoing research project that was first presented at a Durham […]

Lukas Ruthes Gonçalves · September 26, 2022

Continuing the theme of the previous post in this series, COVID-19 has also influenced the film, television, and video game […]

Ethan Wham · September 4, 2020

Much of the content, industries, and people we enjoy watching has been upended by the COVID-19 pandemic. Live entertainment such […]

Ethan Wham · September 3, 2020

The video game industry is on the cusp of an exciting evolution: Having first transitioned to games in the digital space, now expanding to gaming across platforms and devices, the video game industry is poised to offer “gaming as a service”.

Ethan Wham · April 18, 2019

Right now, the video game industry is bringing in massive amounts of money and attention. Popular games include League of […]

Ethan Wham · February 21, 2019

Perennial concerns about piracy might suggest that ‘the sky is falling,’ but the latest economic data from the “Sky is […]

Ali Sternburg · October 23, 2014

One might conclude Kevin Spacey has a finger on the pulse of the culture market: he bet heavily on the […]

Ali Sternburg · May 2, 2014

The video game industry has always been at the forefront of adopting new business models so as to stay one […]

Jonathan Band · October 15, 2013