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Re/Covering Islam: who, when, where, why and how the news mediates religion and politics
Friday April 18th, 2008
 
Our daylong event will examine how media coverage shapes the ways in which readers (including politicians,  diplomats, public opinion leaders, and members of the public) understand the intersection of religion and politics - and the subsequent impact on public diplomacy.

Speakers and Panel Participants include members from the fields of journalism, academics and public diplomacy:
  • As'ad AbuKhalil, Professor, Department of Politics, CSU Stanislaus and Visiting Professor, UC Berkeley; Angry Arab News Service
  • Marda Dunsky, DePaul University
  • Brian Edwards, Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literary Studies, Northwestern University
  • Shahira Fahmy,  Assistant Professor, School of Journalism, Southern Illinois University
  • Karim Karim, Director, School of Journalism and Communication, Carleton University
  • Peter Kovach, Senior Foreign Service and UCLA Diplomat in Residence
  • Steve Magagnini, Sacramento Bee
  • Brigitte Nacos, Department of Political Science, Columbia Univeristy
  • Orayb Najjar, Associate Professor, Communication, Northern Illinois University
  • Phillip Seib, Professor, School of Journalism, USC Annenberg School for Communication
  • Shibley Telhami, Senior Fellow in the Saban Center for Middle East Policy
  • Daniel Varisco, Professor of Anthropology, Hofstra University
Friday, April 18, 2008 from 8:30 am to 4:00 pm in ASC 207, 3502 Watt Way, Los Angeles

RSVP required: bakere@usc.edu

Cosponsored by the Religion, Identity, and Global Governance Project and the USC Center on Public Diplomacy.

View video of the event here.
 
 
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