T.C. Corrigan

Prof., Dept. of Comm Studies, CSU-San Bernardino. Studies Political Economy, Sports Media, Digital Labor, and Critical Realist Epistemology & Methodology

[Inland Empire MediaWatch @iemediawatch]

Last week @SCNGguild journalists voted to authorize a strike. Now @iemediawatch's @tccorrigan1 has obtained a 2022 Guild Pay Study detailing persistently low salaries and race & gender pay gaps at Alden GC's @SoCalNewsGroup papers. Story & pay study here: https://t.co/oSaTaYpx0r

[T.C. Corrigan @tccorrigan1]

Recently, I started a newsletter about local media in California's #InlandEmpire. It's called Inland Empire MediaWatch. I also share on IG as @iemediawatch and now on X w/ the same handle. Please subscribe & follow for IE media news & analysis. https://t.co/NIcIX8lxD2

[T.C. Corrigan @tccorrigan1]

@csusbathletics @CSUSBMBB How much are tickets for the men's basketball game tonight?

[T.C. Corrigan @tccorrigan1]

Here's the full, co-edited volume that it's part of -- Political Economy of Media and Communication: Methodological Approaches. Please consider it for your library, your next political economy class, or a cozy weekend read! https://t.co/osbwRdUBDR

[T.C. Corrigan @tccorrigan1]

Here's a pre-pub version of my recent PEMC methods chapter. In it, I use critical realist metatheory to explain our "method of theorizing" (B. Nixon's term), including conceptualization and structural & causal analysis. Hope it's helpful 4 pol econ folks. https://t.co/2N92AbtI4L

[T.C. Corrigan @tccorrigan1]

@MatthewPMcAllis @jon1hardy @Robin_Mansellx @bjbirkin Thanks for sharing, Matt!

[Matthew P McAllister @MatthewPMcAllis]

This is a high-powered lineup of political economy of media scholars like @jon1hardy, @Robin_Mansellx, @tccorrigan1, @bjbirkin, Micky Lee (to name just a few in this impressive collection)! The methods of PE of media are under-examined so this is making a real contribution.

[Nieman Lab @NiemanLab]

“We have to focus on the journalistic ‘last mile’ — not only producing reliable, independent information, but making sure that people actually receive it and can act on it.” @sisiwei @nabihasyed https://t.co/rlhCSTam4h

[T.C. Corrigan @tccorrigan1]

@NiemanLab @sisiwei @nabihasyed @ruralj @LocalNewsIni As does this piece from @alexbruell https://t.co/6G2yDcCC2o

[T.C. Corrigan @tccorrigan1]

@NiemanLab @sisiwei @nabihasyed This piece from Al Cross @ruralj and @LocalNewsIni also does a great job getting at the dynamics behind #newsmirages in rural communities. https://t.co/ahx5WpGKCt

[T.C. Corrigan @tccorrigan1]

@jayrosen_nyu Thanks for sharing!

[T.C. Corrigan @tccorrigan1]

@mindylee26 @jayrosen_nyu For sure. To me, the interesting thing about Sinclair is they way their structure is built for both cost-effectiveness and ideological interventions. The papers I'm looking at here have editorial pages that are duplicative, consistently libertarian, and never cover local issues.

[T.C. Corrigan @tccorrigan1]

@brcreech @jayrosen_nyu @kdoctor @JimFriedlich @nikkiusher @stevenwaldman @businessofnews @VWPickard @Sulliview @pmnapoli @alexbruell @MargotSusca @brianstelter Thanks Brian! I'll check it out.

[T.C. Corrigan @tccorrigan1]

This is a recent front page from the San Bernardino Sun - the daily newspaper in San Bernardino, California.

[T.C. Corrigan @tccorrigan1]

This @CalMatters report is worth a read. 2 notes, tho: 1) The data are 4 FT lecturers only. Most CSU faculty are PT & their disparities are surely more stark; 2) claims FT lecturers received a 22% “pay bump” since '07. But w/ inflation, they have actually taken a $9k/yr PAY CUT!

[CalMatters @CalMatters]

Cal State is facing backlash for approving student tuition increases earlier this year and simultaneously raising executive pay during a $1.5 billion budget deficit. 1/3

[T.C. Corrigan @tccorrigan1]

@CalMatters @mmmpsych @CFA_United And when you have to cobble together classes at adjunct rates across several schools to try to make ends meet, your teaching inevitably suffers. This is one of the many ways that "faculty working conditions are student learning conditions."

[T.C. Corrigan @tccorrigan1]

@CalMatters @mmmpsych @CFA_United Thanks for the clarification. It would be helpful to use "full time lecturers" in the graph/article/headline then, as most CSU lecturers are part-timers and don't make anywhere near $71k. In fact, many string together courses across multiple schools to TRY to make ends meet.

[T.C. Corrigan @tccorrigan1]

@mmmpsych @CFA_United forget "supposedly" ... I see where the data are from now... https://t.co/22MDXeSLBI

[T.C. Corrigan @tccorrigan1]

@mmmpsych @CFA_United Yeah, the "pay bump" language irked me, too. According to the BLS, had the $58.2k that FT lecturers were (supposedly) making in 2007 kept up with inflation, those folks would be making $82k now.