Nolan Higdon

Nolan Higdon
Born
Nolan Higdon

(1983-11-03) November 3, 1983 (age 41)
Owensboro, Kentucky, U.S.
Occupations
  • University Lecturer
  • Author
  • Podcaster
  • Filmmaker
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of California, Davis, B.A. 2009, San Diego State University, M.A. 2012, San Francisco State University, Ed.D. 2017[1]

Nolan Higdon (born November 3, 1983) is a critical media literacy scholar and media personality. He is also an author and university lecturer of history, education, and media studies. Higdon is a lecturer at University of California, Santa Cruz.[1] Higdon is considered an expert in critical media literacy,[2] podcasting,[3] digital culture,[4] higher education,[5] journalism, fake news, and news media history.[2] Higdon is frequently featured as an expert voice in documentaries and news outlets such as ABC,[6] CBS,[7] CNBC,[8] NewsNation,[9] NBC,[10] New York Times,[11] PBS,[12] and the San Francisco Chronicle.[13]

  1. ^ a b "Nolan Higdon". University of California Santa Cruz. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
  2. ^ a b Riggio, Olivia (15 December 2020). "Not All Media Literacy Programs Are Created Equal—and Most Have Yet to Be Created". FAIR.
  3. ^ Higdon, Nolan (29 October 2024). "The podcast election: Can legacy media still reach voters?". Salon.
  4. ^ Fogarty, Morgan (16 April 2022). "Is Elon Musk Owning Twitter A Bad Idea?". FAIR.
  5. ^ Higdon, Nolan (2023). "Being on the Outside of the Inside of the Ivory Tower: Nontenured Part-Time Faculty's Attitudes Toward Their Colleagues and Management". Journal of Education Human Resources: e20220014. doi:10.3138/jehr-2022-0014. S2CID 255881365.
  6. ^ "President Trump meets Russian President Vladimir Putin - CSU professor offers his take". ABC7.
  7. ^ Lee, Mary (3 November 2022). "Looming staff cuts create tense atmosphere around Twitter". CBS.
  8. ^ Leonhardt, Megan (9 June 2021). "MIDDLE-AGED MILLENNIALS Only 12% of older millennials would run for political office—far fewer than any other generation". CNBC.
  9. ^ Entin, Brian; Jassin, Liz (2 July 2022). "American oligarchs: Inside the minds of this country's wealthiest people". NewsNation.
  10. ^ Mathai, Raj. "Raj Mathai A Closer Look at Facebook's Whistle-Blower's Testimony". NBC.
  11. ^ Bromwich, Jonah Engel; Wertheim, Bonnie (20 February 2017). "Does Bigfoot Have a Soul? A Radio Host's Audience Ponders". The New York Times.
  12. ^ Hartmann, Tom. "Did Big Tech Make Big Money Spying on Your Kids Featuring Nolan Higdon". Tom Hartmann YouTube Channel.
  13. ^ Higdon, Nolan (2 September 2022). "Zuckerberg interview with Joe Rogan was public relations propaganda". San Francisco Chronicle.