Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
What Fuels Conspiracy Theories
New research suggests that it’s not just negative emotions that contribute to the appeal of conspiracy theories. People can also find conspiracy theories entertaining – and...
Report: One-Third Of UK Music Jobs Were Lost During Pandemic
The research said there were 69,000 fewer jobs in music in 2020 than in 2019 - a drop of 35% - due to the...
Shakespeare, Otello, And Race – A Complicated Issue
Art at its Shakespearean finest isn’t a repository for wisdom but an interrogation of what we think we know. It’s one of the rare...
How To Count Audience? Netflix Makes A Change
The streamer, in reporting its third quarter financials, noted that it will switch to reporting on hours viewed for its shows and movies rather than the...
Sotheby’s Launches An NFT Marketplace
The layout of the Metaverse website, similar in format to NFT-specific platforms such as OpenSea and Nifty Gateway, is designed to display the NFTs so that...
The Truth About Conspiracy Theories — By Those Who Study Them
True, we’re hearing a lot about Covid-19 and QAnon-related conspiracies. But just because they are more visible does not mean that belief in them...
How TikTok Is Spreading Learning Of Indigenous Languages
The platform best known for it's viral dance clips, is making learning languages fun. - The World
Why The Dallas Symphony Is Making Significant Investments On Digital Content
“Audiences who were very reticent or uninterested in digital content became interested. I believe we cannot turn back from that whole process.” - Dallas...
A Growing Chorus Demanding Safer Movie Production Rules
“It’s really clear from our survey, that it’s not just about the data; it’s the stories that people are telling about their experiences working...
The Existential Dangers Of “Longtermism”
Longtermism might be one of the most influential ideologies that few people have ever heard about. I believe this needs to change because I...
Facebook Gets Serious About Building The Metaverse
The company announced it plans to create 10,000 new jobs across the European Union in order to develop what it calls the metaverse. In...
Motion Picture Academy Boss To Step Down After Ten Tumultuous Years
The news comes just weeks after the long-awaited opening of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, a $480-million project that Hudson played a key...
Surprise: Graduate Enrollment At US Universities Increased In 2020
The CGS survey found that graduate applications increased by 7.3 percent and first-time graduate enrollment increased by 1.8 percent in fall 2020 compared to the year...
Why Music Is Not A Background Sport
Music — at least for some of us — is an engaged and engaging activity that involves your ear, your intellect, your memory, your imagination...
Culture Shift? America’s Workers Grab Control
In unionized industries, this takes the form of collective bargaining and, where necessary, voting for strikes. In non-unionized industries, which make up the vast...
How Environmental Art Brings Climate Change Awareness
In the past few decades, new practices of art, design and architecture in the public realm have helped raise awareness about ubiquitous waste, pollution...
Glimmerglass Leader To Step Down
Francesca Zambello, 65, who is also the artistic director of Washington National Opera and an independent stage director, will have led Glimmerglass for 12...
How Truth Became Contested Ground In Our Schools
The pandemic accelerated a trend that already existed: teachers increasingly find themselves facing a potential career-ending explosion if they teach the wrong “truth.” -...
An Alternative History About The Dawn Of Humans
Graeber and Wengrow offer a history of the past 30,000 years that is not only wildly different from anything we’re used to, but also...
Surprise — You’re In Charge! How A Family Publishing Empire Changed Hands
Being handed control of the company, which is valued at $1.2 billion, has made Iole Lucchese, 55, one of the most powerful women in...
Why This Jazz Drummer Finally Left New York
I lived there 19 years. As we were coming out of lockdown, it seemed incredible to me that New York was becoming an even...
Deepfakes — The End Of Truth?
Like most digital technologies, the quality of deepfakes is increasing at an alarming rate, and it is clear that even the most complex deepfake...
Say Goodbye To Giant Skyscrapers
Planning applications for tall buildings in London plummeted by a third last year. Has the age of piling people into great glass shafts, of...
The Virtual Gallery Revolution
With technology that creates fantastical game worlds readily available, its creators could’ve set it on Tatooine if they wanted to, or at least the...
A Long-Missing Stone Masterpiece, Discovered In A Front Yard
“It was like finding the Holy Grail. William Edmondson worked in Nashville, so who would ever dream that a piece would be in St....