Event Title
Occupy the Media! Journalism for a World in Crisis
Description
What kind(s) of journalism are appropriate to help global society address our era's fundamental challenges of environment and climate, conflict and governance, human rights and mass migrations, globalized poverty and inequality, challenges so interlinked and profound that they constitute a crisis of global civilization? Criticisms of hegemonic (American) journalism abound and it legitimizes unjust power, trivializes public discourse, foments division and conflict. This talk moves beyond the critiques to outline positive alternatives, arguing for journalism as a crisis discipline, and paying particular attention to the contested concept of journalistic objectivity.
About the Lecturer: Robert Hackett, Ph.D School of Communication at Simon Fraser University, BC
Document Type
Event
Start Date
2-5-2012 12:00 PM
End Date
2-5-2012 1:15 PM
Location
Fairhaven College Auditorium
Resource Type
Moving image
Title of Series
World Issues Forum
Genre/Form
lectures
Contributing Repository
Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies
Subjects – Topical (LCSH)
Journalism--Objectivity--United States; Journalism--Political aspects--United States; Journalistic ethics--United States; Disinformation--Political aspects--United States
Type
Moving image
Keywords
Peace journalism, Journalistic objectivity
Rights
This resource is displayed for educational purposes only and may be subject to U.S. and international copyright laws.
Language
English
Format
video/mp4
Occupy the Media! Journalism for a World in Crisis
Fairhaven College Auditorium
What kind(s) of journalism are appropriate to help global society address our era's fundamental challenges of environment and climate, conflict and governance, human rights and mass migrations, globalized poverty and inequality, challenges so interlinked and profound that they constitute a crisis of global civilization? Criticisms of hegemonic (American) journalism abound and it legitimizes unjust power, trivializes public discourse, foments division and conflict. This talk moves beyond the critiques to outline positive alternatives, arguing for journalism as a crisis discipline, and paying particular attention to the contested concept of journalistic objectivity.
About the Lecturer: Robert Hackett, Ph.D School of Communication at Simon Fraser University, BC
