[Peace] Fw: [MEDIAMATTERS] Media Matters Update February 7, 2010

Tue Feb 2 07:59:52 CST 2010

--- On Mon, 2/1/10, Melisse Trentz <mtfaye at YAHOO.COM> wrote:
Welcome to another edition of the WILL-AM Media
 Matters email
 update!

See Media Matters Live on
Feb. 21! 

Fans of WILL-AM’s Media
Matters with Bob McChesney have the opportunity to be part of a live studio
audience for the show in a special event at 12:30 pm Sunday, Feb. 21. 

The event at the Siebel
Center, 201 N. Goodwin Ave., is free to the public, but tickets are required.
Space is limited. Call 217-333-7300 by 5 pm Monday, Feb. 15, to request a
ticket. Parking is available one block north in the garage at Goodwin and Clark
streets. 

 “We wanted to thank Media
Matters listeners by doing a live studio show for the first time,”
Bob said.  “I will stay after the program to take more questions,
talk about my new book, and sign books.” His new book, The Death and
Life of American Journalism: The Media Revolution That Will Begin the World
Again, co-authored with John Nichols, will be for sale for $25 at the
event, with all proceeds going to WILL. Nichols, political writer for The
Nation magazine, will appear with Bob at the event as a guest on the show.

Jay Pearce, director of created content for Illinois Public Media, said Media
Matters is one of WILL’s most popular shows. “We get listeners
from all around the country who hear the program on the Web. This is a great
opportunity for listeners to see Bob in action and meet him afterwards.”Bob and John will be taking questions from the audience.

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Media Matters with Bob McChesney

Read more about Media Matter's guest in depth and start a discussion about the
show.  Read about upcoming Media Matters events and meet other Media
Matters fans.

THIS WEEK'S GUEST
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Sut Jhally
Sut Jhally is Professor of
Communication at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and Founder
and Executive Director of the Media Education Foundation (MEF). He is
one of the world's leading scholars looking at the role played by
advertising and popular culture in the processes of social control and
identity construction. The author of numerous books and articles on
media including The Codes of Advertising and Enlightened Racism.  
www.sutjhally.com

UPCOMING GUESTS
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Barry Lynn

LAST WEEK'S
 SHOW
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Janine Jackson - Fair.org

THANK YOU TO OUR
 TRANSCRIBERS
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Mark,
Lee, Matt and Mary Jo have volunteered to transcribe Media Matters and
their transcriptions are being posted to the WILL website as they
finish each one.  This is a huge project requiring lots of time and
effort by each of these volunteers, and Media Matters and WILL can not
thank them enough!

WHERE TO LISTEN TO MEDIA
 MATTERS
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Media Matters originates from WILL-AM on the campus of the University
of Illinois, airing live from 1-2pm Central Time on
 Sunday
afternoons.
 Listeners are welcomed to pose questions to guests
calling
 (217)333-9455 or (800)244-9455

Media
 Matters can also be
 heard on the following stations:

KWMD-FM, Kasilof Alaska
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Valley Free Radio, WXOJ-LP, Northampton, Massachusetts
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- 103.3 FM
http://www.valleyfreeradio.org/

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