{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Middletown Studies Research","provider_url":"https:\/\/sites.bsu.edu\/middletownstudies","author_name":"asmcbride","author_url":"https:\/\/sites.bsu.edu\/middletownstudies\/author\/asmcbride\/","title":"About the Center - Middletown Studies Research","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"0kyqqvZ9l9\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bsu.edu\/middletownstudies\/home\/about-the-center\/\">About the Center<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.bsu.edu\/middletownstudies\/home\/about-the-center\/embed\/#?secret=0kyqqvZ9l9\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;About the Center&#8221; &#8212; Middletown Studies Research\" data-secret=\"0kyqqvZ9l9\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/sites.bsu.edu\/middletownstudies\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","description":"The Center for Middletown Studies was established in 1980 and became a permanent academic unit at Ball State in 1984. Its purpose is to capitalize on the attention generated by the publication of Robert and Helen Lynd\u2019s seminal account of Muncie, Indiana,\u00a0during the 1920s,\u00a0Middletown: A Study in Modern American Culture\u00a0(1929) and on subsequent studies by [&hellip;]","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/sites.bsu.edu\/middletownstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2021\/03\/Patashinsky_9_full-300x200.jpg"}