Event Title
Standing Rock and the Media
Description
The Standing Rock movement has become historic not only in its size and message, but in how that message was delivered. This is the first time in history that Native American people took control of their own narrative using such a massive medium as social media. Both mobile technology and social media have made it possible for Native Americans to speak directly to massive audiences worldwide and that has come with both benefits and difficulties.
About the Lecturer: Jason Begay is an associate professor at the University of Montana School of Journalism where he teaches the Native News Honors Project, a 25-year-old endeavor in which students cover news trends throughout Montana’s seven reservations and 12 tribes. He is a 2002 graduate of the program and has written for the New York Times, the Oregonian and the Navajo Times. He is a former president of the Native American Journalists Association and board member for UNITY Journalists for Diversity.
Document Type
Event
Start Date
22-2-2017 12:00 PM
End Date
22-2-2017 1:20 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)
Lakota Indiand--Social networks; Lakota Indians--North Dakota--Government relations; Lakota Indians--Land tenure; Petroleum pipelines--Press coverage--North Dakota; Environmental justice--Press coverage--Standing Rock Indian Reservation (N.D. and S.D.); Mass media and the environment
Geographic Coverage
Standing Rock Indian Reservation (N.D. and S.D.)--Press coverage
Type
Moving image
Keywords
Native American people, Mobile technology, Social media
Rights
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Language
English
Format
video/mp4
Standing Rock and the Media
Fairhaven College Auditorium
The Standing Rock movement has become historic not only in its size and message, but in how that message was delivered. This is the first time in history that Native American people took control of their own narrative using such a massive medium as social media. Both mobile technology and social media have made it possible for Native Americans to speak directly to massive audiences worldwide and that has come with both benefits and difficulties.
About the Lecturer: Jason Begay is an associate professor at the University of Montana School of Journalism where he teaches the Native News Honors Project, a 25-year-old endeavor in which students cover news trends throughout Montana’s seven reservations and 12 tribes. He is a 2002 graduate of the program and has written for the New York Times, the Oregonian and the Navajo Times. He is a former president of the Native American Journalists Association and board member for UNITY Journalists for Diversity.
