[Imc] Talk on Media and War

[Pauline Bartolone]

>The Global Media and the War on Terrorism
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>Bob McChesney (Institute of Communications Research): on the US media
>Suvir Kaul (English): on India and Pakistan
>Marilyn Booth (Comparative Literature): on the Arab Middle East
>Diane Koenker (History): on Russia and the former USSR
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>At this time of crisis and conflict there is an immense need for
>reflective and internationally aware public debate. The parameters of
>our understanding, however, are to a considerable extent framed by
>the media sources on which we rely for our information. This panel of
>local scholars will critically examine the role of the media at this
>time, both in the United States and elsewhere: in the Middle East,
>the former Soviet Union, and South Asia. What perspectives are
>overlooked in mainstream US coverage of the war, and how can we
>overcome inadequacies in our primary news sources? How and why is
>this conflict viewed differently elsewhere? And what constraints
>exist on media discussion in these countries? Brief presentations by
>the expert panelists will be followed by an open discussion on these
>issues.
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>Wednesday 17 October
>7.30 p.m.
>Third Floor, Levis Faculty Center
>919 West Illinois Street
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