http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/boston Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Thu, 18 Jun 2026 11:05:49 -0400 Thu, 18 Jun 2026 11:05:49 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1135/how-twitter-is-changing-narrative-storytelling-a-case-study-of-the-boston-marathon-bombings By Mary Kate Brogan - Understanding social media, an integral part of 21st century American life, is more important than ever. On the one-year anniversary of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings, it is clear that Twitter was a primary source of information for many Americans, despite the vast inaccuracies tweeted by trusted sources throughout the days following the attack. This case study based on content analysis found that 10 authoritative organizations, including five news organizations, provided news and feature stories through their tweets – sometimes at the expense of accuracy to be first on their stories.... Sat, 30 May 2015 11:59 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1135/how-twitter-is-changing-narrative-storytelling-a-case-study-of-the-boston-marathon-bombings http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/117/memorializing-sacco-and-vanzetti-in-boston By Adrienne M. Naylor - ‘WHO WERE THOSE PEOPLE?’ historian Howard Zinn asked a member of the Sacco and Vanzetti Commemoration Society in November 2008. Zinn had just delivered a lecture for the benefit of the Society on ‘The Meaning of Sacco and Vanzetti’ to a crowd of at least 250 people overflowing the Dante Alighieri Italian Cultural Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and was taken aback that interest in the case was still alive. ‘I didn’t know what to expect. I thought, how many people are still interested in Sacco and Vanzetti? Maybe seven? Ten? Fifteen? I can’t even&mdash... Mon, 11 Jan 2010 09:47 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/117/memorializing-sacco-and-vanzetti-in-boston