[Imc] McChesney on Panel
Clint Popetz
cpopetz at cpopetz.com
Wed Oct 17 15:55:28 UTC 2001
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
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