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 February 7, 2011
| Time: | Noon-1:30 p.m. |
| Description: | Robert W. McChesney, the Gutgsell endowed professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is one of the country's leading scholars of mass media and a critic of the failures of our commercial media system. In this lecture, he will discuss strategies for expanding the democratic potential of media in the digital age, the subject of his most recent book, "The Death and Life of American Journalism: The Media Revolution That Will Begin the World Again," written with John Nichols.
McChesney is the co-founder of Free Press, a national media reform organization. He also hosts a weekly radio show, "Media Matters," every Sunday afternoon on WILL-AM. |
| Location: | Jones Communication Center A 5.160 (LBJ Room) |
| Contact: | Jaime Loke |
| Sponsor: | Senior Fellows Symposium |
| Admission: | Free |
| Categories: | Arts & Humanities, Colloquium, Lecture/talk, Politics & International, Seminar |
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