Session Information
The Complicity of Media: Causal Connections to Conflict?
Each day the various media that bring us news are faced with many challenges. Do they report the slayings in the Omaha shopping center and give the perpetrator his 15 minutes of fame? Do they put villainous acts of terror into the headlines thus helping the terrorists instill even more fear into the populace? Where should the line to be drawn between what we need to know, what we should know and what we might not need to know? Do such discussions limit the freedom of the press?
When: Thursday, April 17, 2008 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Room: Ballroom East
