/ UC Davis Books Content for UC Davis en /curiosity/blog/what-media-storm-new-research-explains-why-some-stories-dominate-news <div><div><div><p>George Floyd’s killing in 2020 by Minneapolis police became a media storm, but the event itself was not, unfortunately, unique.<span>&nbsp;</span></p></div><p>Every year, many unarmed Black men are killed by police but almost none of those deaths resulted in nearly the same volume of stories in news media that would make up a media storm. <a href="https://ps.ucdavis.edu/people/amber-boydstun"><span lang="EN-US">Amber Boydstun</span></a><span lang="EN-US">, a political scientist, wanted to know why.</span><span>&nbsp;</span></p></div></div> May 28, 2026 - 3:07pm Karen Michele Nikos-Rose /curiosity/blog/what-media-storm-new-research-explains-why-some-stories-dominate-news /arts/blog/uc-davis-lecturer-spotlights-overshadowed-women-new-biography-highlights-sanora-babb <div><figure role="group" class="caption caption-drupal-media align-right"> <div class="media media--type-sf-image-media-type media--view-mode-default"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/images/IrisJamahlDunkle-SanoraBabb-RidingLikeTheWind-LS-UCDavis-5.JPG" width="512" height="640" alt="Black-and-white photo of woman, wearing pearls or beads and dark dress or top" typeof="Image"> </div> <figcaption><em><strong>Born in 1907, Sanora Babb was a writer and editor.</strong></em></figcaption></figure></div> November 15, 2024 - 10:48am Karen Michele Nikos-Rose /arts/blog/uc-davis-lecturer-spotlights-overshadowed-women-new-biography-highlights-sanora-babb /blog/uc-davis-books/musical-update-including-awards <div class="align-center media media--type-sf-image-media-type media--view-mode-default"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/images/carol-a-hess-aaron-copland-latin-america-combo-605.jpg" width="605" height="450" alt="Carol A. Hess headshot, UC Davis faculty, and &quot;Aaron Copland in Latin America&quot; book cover" typeof="Image"> </div> <ul> <li><strong><em><span>Aaron Copland in Latin America: Music and Cultural Politics</span></em></strong></li> <li><span>By <strong>Carol A.</strong></span></li></ul> April 21, 2023 - 12:06pm Dave Jones /blog/uc-davis-books/musical-update-including-awards /blog/book-talk-alyssa-ney-and-the-wave-functionuc-davis-books/d <div class="align-center media media--type-sf-image-media-type media--view-mode-default"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/images/world-wave-function-alyssa-ney-combo-505.jpg" width="505" height="373" alt="Book cover and author headshot" typeof="Image"> </div> <ul> <li><em><strong>The World in the Wave Function: A Metaphysics for Quantum Physics</strong></em><strong><span><em> </em></span></strong><span><a href="https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-world-in-the-wave-function-9780190097714?cc=us&amp;lang=en&amp;">(Oxford University Press, Apri</a></span></li></ul> January 27, 2023 - 10:00pm Dave Jones /blog/book-talk-alyssa-ney-and-the-wave-functionuc-davis-books/d /blog/uc-davis-books/lecturers-book-launch-and-reading <div class="align-center media media--type-sf-image-media-type media--view-mode-default"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/images/to-the-north-leon-salvatierra-combo.jpg" width="605" height="464" alt="&quot;To the North&quot; book cover and author León Salvatierra headshot, UC Davis faculty" typeof="Image"> </div> <ul> <li><em><strong><span>To the North/Al norte </span></strong></em><a href="http://unpress.nevada.edu/9781647790615/"><span>(University of Nevada Press,<strong><span> </span></strong>bilingual edition, English and Spanish, Nov.</span></a></li></ul> January 27, 2023 - 8:00am Dave Jones /blog/uc-davis-books/lecturers-book-launch-and-reading /blog/uc-davis-books/book-talk-religious-studies-naomi-janowitz-on-acts-of-interpretation <div class="align-center media media--type-sf-image-media-type media--view-mode-default"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/images/naomi-janowitz-acts-of-interpretation-cover-300-442.jpg" width="605" height="442" alt="Naomi Janowitz headshot, UC Davis faculty, and &quot;Acts of Interpretation&quot; book cover" typeof="Image"> </div> <p>&nbsp;</p> January 09, 2023 - 12:29am Dave Jones /blog/uc-davis-books/book-talk-religious-studies-naomi-janowitz-on-acts-of-interpretation /news/blog/uc-davis-books-uc-davis-magazine-shares-alumni-books-2022 <div> <div> <p>Alumni authors covered a myriad of topics with new books in 2022, from true crime to political analyses, demonstrating Aggies<span>’</span> wide-ranging expertise.</p></div></div> December 19, 2022 - 11:38am Dave Jones /news/blog/uc-davis-books-uc-davis-magazine-shares-alumni-books-2022 /blog/uc-davis-books/ma-alumnus-post-coast-guard-wins-uc-davis-maurice-writing-prize Creative Writing alum Kirk Colvin wins Maurice Prize for his book. In the Books Blog. November 22, 2022 - 12:59pm Dave Jones /blog/uc-davis-books/ma-alumnus-post-coast-guard-wins-uc-davis-maurice-writing-prize /blog/uc-davis-books/book-talks-tahrirs-youth-digging-the-past-and-high-desert <div class="align-center media media--type-sf-image-media-type media--view-mode-default"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/images/rusha-latif-tahirs-youth-book-cover-605-438.jpg" width="605" height="438" alt="Rusha Latif headshot, UC Davis, and &quot;Tahir's Youth&quot; book cover" typeof="Image"> </div> <ul> <li><span><em><span><strong>Tahrir’s Youth: Leaders of a Leaderless Revolution</strong> </span></em>(<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1649030207/ref=cm_sw_r_awdo_Q799Y392BW2ZS25FBB92_0">American University of Cairo Press, June 2022</a>)</span></li></ul> November 01, 2022 - 1:26pm Dave Jones /blog/uc-davis-books/book-talks-tahrirs-youth-digging-the-past-and-high-desert /blog/uc-davis-books/ls-ancestry-survival-post-soviet-culture-and-enabling-hitler <p>A selection of 2022 books from faculty of the Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ of Letters and Science:</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> October 25, 2022 - 1:43pm Dave Jones /blog/uc-davis-books/ls-ancestry-survival-post-soviet-culture-and-enabling-hitler