QRCA Views Spring 2023

An academic researcher, Nick Wise looks at the media with a critical eye, especially when it comes to the places he visits for fun and for his research. Media analysis is important to Nick’s research so that he can understand the way news media coverage impacts tourism. The media broadcasts stories of a place’s heritage or current events and this plays a role in people’s imaginations about a place, their willingness to travel—and for those who go, their perceptions of what they’re seeing and hearing. […]

Reviewer Pam Goldfarb Liss explains why Tell Me More about That by Rob Volpe is a wonderfully engaging and personal book on empathy; the helpful anecdotes show good examples of how empathy is put to practice in both life and work. […]