Kenton T Wilkinson
Biographic Data
| ID | 242837 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kenton T Wilkinson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kenton T |
| FAMILY NAME | Wilkinson |
| SIGNATURE | WILKINSON K T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Texas Tech University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8750-695X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Deliberating alone
In our research examining how people think and talk about immigration, we consistently find that people want to have a reasonable conversation about politics, but they often decide that productive conversations are not possible because other people are uninformed, irrational, close-minded, and uncivil. We argue that self-serving biases and phenomenological experiences lead to the biased perception that the self is far more capable of adhering to …
Part III
Cultural Policy in a Free-Trade Environment
As Mexico's government undertook neoliberal reforms to join the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1994, a number of scholars questioned the cultural consequences of closer media ties to the United States and Canada. Government officials countered that Mexico's strong identity needed no protection. This study situates the disagreement within cultural policy traditions, and examines how Mexican television broadcasting changed under glo…
Language Difference and Communication Policy in the Information Age
This study argues that language difference is an important, though often neglected, element in contemporary flows of audiovisual media and organizations' efforts to influence them through policy. Because linguistic issues overlap a number of policy areas, including trade, culture, language, and communication, this study advocates for increased attention to language-related concerns within and across those areas by policymakers and researchers ali…
From Cultural Imperialists to Takeover Victims
The question some ask about the Hollywood buyouts by major foreign interests is whether ownership changes alter the principal questions posed by the cultural imperialism tradition. From a critical perspective, the answer is no, because the set of underlying problems still remains. This article traces some of the history of the term from its Latin American origins in the 1970s to Europe in the 1980s. A look at more recent writings on the issues of…
Young Hispanics’ Motivations to Use Smartphones
The fast-changing digital media environment has provoked new communication processes in contemporary society. In particular, younger generations engage in new ways of interacting with each other thanks to the constant emergence of digital technologies and mobile communication outlets. New habits arise every year, changing not only our interpersonal communication, but also our overall consumption of information and entertainment content, with vide…
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Young Hispanics’ Motivations to Use Smartphones
The fast-changing digital media environment has provoked new communication processes in contemporary society. In particular, younger generations engage in new ways of interacting with each other thanks to the constant emergence of digital technologies and mobile communication outlets. New habits arise every year, changing not only our interpersonal communication, but also our overall consumption of information and entertainment content, with vide…
From Cultural Imperialists to Takeover Victims
The question some ask about the Hollywood buyouts by major foreign interests is whether ownership changes alter the principal questions posed by the cultural imperialism tradition. From a critical perspective, the answer is no, because the set of underlying problems still remains. This article traces some of the history of the term from its Latin American origins in the 1970s to Europe in the 1980s. A look at more recent writings on the issues of…
Language Difference and Communication Policy in the Information Age
This study argues that language difference is an important, though often neglected, element in contemporary flows of audiovisual media and organizations' efforts to influence them through policy. Because linguistic issues overlap a number of policy areas, including trade, culture, language, and communication, this study advocates for increased attention to language-related concerns within and across those areas by policymakers and researchers ali…
Cultural Policy in a Free-Trade Environment
As Mexico's government undertook neoliberal reforms to join the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1994, a number of scholars questioned the cultural consequences of closer media ties to the United States and Canada. Government officials countered that Mexico's strong identity needed no protection. This study situates the disagreement within cultural policy traditions, and examines how Mexican television broadcasting changed under glo…
Part III
Deliberating alone
In our research examining how people think and talk about immigration, we consistently find that people want to have a reasonable conversation about politics, but they often decide that productive conversations are not possible because other people are uninformed, irrational, close-minded, and uncivil. We argue that self-serving biases and phenomenological experiences lead to the biased perception that the self is far more capable of adhering to …
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