home  select a topic arts & literature education & learning history & culture home & how-to kids & family local focus news & public affairs science & nature highlights rss feeds weather traffic election 2008 world news media KQED media salon past salons event slideshows perspectives & opinions past features programs a-z   about KQED   support KQED   the guide online   email newsletters   DTV transition   KQED store   help & FAQ   contact info January 2002 Propaganda and PR How do we recognize it? How do we deal with it in our media? Presenters: Peter Magnani, President, Public Relations Society of America, San Francisco Chapter Peter Phillips, Professor of Sociology (Sonoma State University) and Director of Project Censored Daniel Olias Silverman, Vice President, Fenton Communications February 2002 Youth Media Voices In The Juvenile Justice Debate How can youth media perspectives inform media coverage of juvenile justice? What are the best practices in youth media production on this issue? Are there opportunities for collaboration? Presenters: KQED Youth Media Corps Youth Radio (youthradio.org) The Beat Within (at pacificnews.org) Youth Media Council (at interrupt.org) Listen to the recording KQED Juvenile Justice Project March 2002 Creating a Different Kind of Web site: Designing the new KQED.org What do YOU want from the KQED Web site? Presenters: Richard Winefield, Vice President, KQED New Media & Educational Services Richard Dean, Director of KQED New Media The KQED.org redesign team April 2002 Images of Povety What do people need to know about poverty? What stories need to be told? What can you do? Presenters: Tiny, co-editor, Poor Magazine Jennifer Friedanbach, Coalition on Homelessness Michael Isip, Executive Producer, KQED May 2002 Bias in the News Media Is there bias in the news media? If so, is it conservative or liberal? What are the causes? Presenters: Nanette Asimov, Education Reporter, San Francisco Chronicle David Caploe, Founder and Director of the M.A. in Media Studies Program, New College of California Raul Ramirez, News and Public Affairs Director, KQED Public Radio 88.5 September 2002 September 11th and Beyond: A Look at the Media's Coverage How well has the media covered the events of September 11, 2001? Has the media maintained objectivity in its coverage? Has the media contributed to productive public discourse? Presenters: Dorothy Ehrlich, Executive Director, ACLU Northern California Clara Jeffery, Deputy Editor, Mother Jones John McChesney, Correspondent, National Public Radio Bill Whalen, Research Fellow, Hoover Institution Listen to the recording October 2002 Images of People with Disabilities Does the media convey realistic images of people with disabilities? What are sources of alleged stereotypes? Presenters: Paul Longmore, Director, Instititute on Disability, San Francisco State University Patrick Connally, Disability Rights Enforcement, Education, Services Listen to the recording November 2002 Elections and the Media Should the media focus attention on major party candidates or expand coverage to include all candidates? Should a candidate's wealth determine access to media coverage? Presenters: Carla Marinucci, Political Writer, San Francisco Chronicle John Roszak, Producer, This Week in Northern California, KQED Tyler Snortum-Phelps, Campaign Manager, Peter M. Camejo for Governor Sean Walsh, Senior Republican Strategist Listen to the recording December 2002 Images of Islam What are the prevailing media images of Muslim Americans since 9/11? What role has/should the US media play in creating these images? Presenters: Tamim Ansary, author Jalal Ghazi, New California Media Ameena Jandali, co-founder, Islamic Networks Group February 2003 Technology & Social Change Advances in communications technologies are changing the world. Is this technological progress a good thing? Who are the winners and losers? Do we use these technologies, or do they use us? Presenter: Howard Rheingold, author, Smart Mobs March 2003 TV & World Cultures Is American television taking over the world? If so, do we care? Should something be done about it? Presenters: Jerry Mander, author, Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television Chris Paterson, Department of Media Studies, University of San Francisco Rachel Raney, FRONTLINE/World April 2003 Becoming American: The Chinese Experience What are the popular media images fo Chinese Americans? Who is responsible for creating these images? How do these images influence perceptions of Chinese Americans? Presenters: May Huie, principal, Chinese Education Center Felicia Lowe, producer/director, Chinatown William Wong, author, Yellow Journalist: Dispatches from Asian America May 2003 You Decide: Oil & Terrorism Would Americans be safer from terrorism if we consumed less oil? Presenters: Ivan Eland, Director, Center on Peace and Liberty, The Independent Institute back to top site map | terms of service | privacy policy Copyright © 1994-2008 KQED. All Rights Reserved.		SPONSORED BY: