by David Yamane | Sep 27, 2023 | book publishing, Books, Gun Culture, Light Over Heat, scholarship
This week on “Light Over Heat,” I talk about the TWO books I am writing on American gun culture, tentatively titled: GUN CURIOUS and GUN CULTURE 2.0. In particular, I talk about what distinguishes them in terms of the substance and audience. The explainer on the two...
by David Yamane | Aug 30, 2023 | Harel Shapira, Jennifer Carlson, Light Over Heat, My Experience, scholarship
This week’s “Light Over Heat” video discusses gaps between scholarly portrayals of people and people’s own experiences and understandings. It was occasioned by the feedback I received from people about sociologist Harel Shapira’s depiction of defensive gun...
by David Yamane | Nov 16, 2022 | Guns, Light Over Heat, My Experience, Saint Anselm College, scholarship
This video offers an overview of the 14 papers presented at a workshop on “The Ethics, Law, and Social Science of Firearms and Self-Defense” convened by the Center for Ethics in Society at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, NH. Out of respect for the privacy of the...
by David Yamane | Aug 11, 2022 | Advertising, Data, Gun Culture, Journal of Macromarketing, scholarship, Terrence Witkowski
I have published a few articles/book chapters on gun advertising. My first was an analysis of the rise of Gun Culture 2.0 as reflected in The American Rifleman. I replicated that study using Guns magazine. And most recently examined the portrayal of women (and men) in...
by David Yamane | Jul 6, 2022 | Law, Light Over Heat, Permitless Carry, police, police shootings, scholarship
NOTE: Since I recorded this video, I published an analysis of this study and one other study on Stephen Gutowski’s gun news reporting site, The Reload. The article is only available to subscribers, but a subscription is well worth the cost. This week I look at a...
by David Yamane | Jun 1, 2022 | diversity, Jonathan Haidt, Light Over Heat, My Experience, scholarship, The ANNALS
In my last video (Light Over Heat #22), I reflected on the value of diversity (political, cultural, social, intellectual) in exposing us to people different from us and ideas different from our own. From these differences can come greater understanding. I applied this...
