TALK: Feeds, Funnels, Filters and US: The Public’s Interest in the Media Environment
Patricia Aufderheide (Professor in the School of Communication
and Director of the Center for Social Media, American University)
Monday, October 18 / 4:00 PM / Free
McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB, 6th Floor
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Patricia Aufderheide, in addition to her work at American University, serves as director of the Independent Television Service, which produces innovative television programming for underserved audiences under the umbrella of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Aufderheide is a prolific cultural journalist, policy analyst, and editor on media and society, and has received numerous journalism and scholarly awards. This lecture is part of a year-long series on MEDIA OWNERSHIP: RESEARCH AND REGULATION, sponsored by The Center for Film, Television and New Media (www.cftnm.ucsb.edu), The Critical Issues in America Endowment, College of Letters & Science, and the Arthur N. Rupe Chair in the Social Effects of Mass Communication in the Department of Communication. Two additional presentations include: November 3: Media Ownership and Legal Issues, with Stanton Larry Stein, Senior Partner of Alschuler Grossman Stein & Kahn LLP; and November 17: Media Ownership and Copyright, with William Warner, Professor of English, Sarah Pritchard, University Librarian, and Mark Rose, Associate Vice Chancellor.

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