Dr. Waleed Rashidi is currently a professor in the Department of Communications. He has a Ed.D from the University of La Verne and his research interests include looking into communications programs in higher education and investigating music as a form of mass communication. He is also a faculty advisor to Comm Week and the Entertainment and Tourism Club, as well as the editor in chief of Mean Street Magazine and an editor at the Inland Empire Weekly.
In April of 2020, the continuation of Coronavirus cases across the world have made a halt in the entertainment industry from theme parks, music festivals, films, TVs, and much more. However, it has been over a year since the pandemic began and new solutions have risen to open up places. Vaccines are now available to people all over the world. This advantage has led entertainment industries to open up a majority of places once again with CDC and WHO guidelines, yet things will not go back the way they used to as more precautions will be held for the safety of everyone. Nonetheless, every live performing artist such as huge celebrities to local entertainers have held aside their performances due to the fact they couldn’t perform live anywhere. Throughout the pandemic, the entertainment and tourism industry has had to adapt in many ways. We interviewed professor Waleed Rashidi from California State University of Fullerton, about how COVID-19 has affected this industry now and for the future. Rashidi emphasizes on the entertainment and tourism industry and teaches about it in his COMM 346 class.
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