{"id":12345,"date":"2023-08-25T14:25:30","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T18:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/?page_id=12345"},"modified":"2026-09-10T10:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T14:30:09","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/academics\/communication-studies-b-a\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"Communication News"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-hero-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-hero fullwidth   cl-has-accessibility-controls\"><div class=\"cl-hero-proper\"><div class=\"overlay\"><div class=\"block\"><h1>Communication Studies B.A.<\/h1><\/div><\/div><div class=\"still\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/web-com-mainv2.jpg);\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-controls-container\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-controls\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-icon\" title=\"Accessibility controls\">Accessibility controls<\/div><div 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href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/uncategorized\/justin-wyatt-analyzes-robert-altmans-film-nashville-from-a-new-critical-perspective-in-his-new-book\/\">Justin Wyatt analyzes Robert Altman\u2019s film Nashville from a new critical perspective in his new book<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Robert Altman's Nashville: An Archival Exploration explores the 1975 film\u2019s satirical commentary on American society through the lens of the director\u2019s archival materials. <\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/issues\/fall-2025\/what-i-learned-from-my-dream-internship\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/fa25_currents_internship_v2-2048x1280-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" 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