[Imc] McChesney on Panel

[Clint Popetz]

On Wed, Oct 17, 2001 at 10:34:21AM -0500, erics at soltec.net wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I heard a rumor that there will be a panel discussion of the media's
> treatment of the September 11th tragedy and the war in Afghanistan.
> I also heard that Bob McChesney will be on the panel. I thought it
> was a CAS Miller Forum talk, but it is not mentioned on their
> website or on www.robertmcchesney.com
> 
> Does anyone know anything about htis?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -Eric Sizemore

Here is the email that went to the peace at lists.groogroo.com list.

				-Clint


To: peace at lists.groogroo.com
From: Simona Sawhney <ssawhney at ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Subject: [Peace] (no subject)
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 16:15:33 -0700

The Global Media and the War on Terrorism


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

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.

Wednesday 17 October
7.30 p.m.
Third Floor, Levis Faculty Center
919 West Illinois Street