[Peace] Global Media and the War against Terrorism

[Paul Mueth]

At 5 PM tomorrow on Weft, I'll be presenting about fifty minutes of 
the forum of the title below, that was held two wednesdays ago at the 
levis center ..


The Global Media and the War on Terrorism

a panel discussion

Speakers

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

OPEN DISCUSSION TO FOLLOW

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.


Note that Prof McChesney's friday forum address will be presented on 
the courier at 6pm on monday on weft.
Marilyn Booth will be on Focus 580 some time this week.
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