Media Framing and the Politics of Racism
How do media frame police violence and protests? How do media promote politician reforms and silence black voices for systemic change? How do media represent race relations?
Presentation with Q&A | Tuesday, November 3, 12:30-1:45 PM | Lee Artz, Ph.D. | Professor of Communication, PNW
Faculty members from Purdue University Northwest (PNW) are offering a series of interdisciplinary lectures and discussions during the academic year of 2020-2021, about race relations and racism in America.
Titled “Race, Racism, Anti-Racism,” the fall 2020 portion of this series offers four lecture-discussion sessions led by PNW faculty members from the College of Humanities, Education, and Social Sciences. All sessions will be moderated by Karen Bishop Morris, associate professor of English.
Deepa Majumdar, professor of Philosophy, organized the faculty-driven series because she believes faculty members have an important contribution to make to the current dialogue about race.
“Activists are risking their lives for the sake of social justice," she said. "I felt strongly that given this extraordinary historical moment, we, the faculty, ought to be pooling our expertise and producing educational presentations."
Lee Artz, professor of Communication at PNW, cited the worldwide reaction to the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer in May as providing the motivation for holding local discussions about race and racism.
"Citizens, black and white, responded with outrage in the largest protests since the civil rights movement," Artz said. "PNW faculty are here. We teach. We educate. We hope to increase recognition of racism and improve understanding of racial inequality and hopefully find effective anti-racism activities and actions."
All events are free, virtual and open to the public. Funding is provided by PNW's Office of Academic Affairs and the Office of the Chancellor.
Guests are welcome to join via Zoom or Facebook live. Registration is strongly encouraged. Full details can be found on the event webpage at pnw.edu/anti-racism.
About Lee Artz, Ph.D.:
Professor, Media Studies, Department of Communication Director, Center for Global Studies Representative, Faculty Senate Editorial Boards: Capitalism, Communication, Critique; Democratic Communique
Research Overview
- Political Economy of media production
- Analysis of media news and entertainment content
- Relation between public interest and media industry Investigation of media framing of international events
- Media contribution to mass consent for social order
Final event:
How to talk about race in the 21st Century with Kim Scipes, professor of Sociology, 2 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Monday, November 30
Purdue University Northwest
Purdue University Northwest (PNW) is a premier metropolitan university dedicated to empowering transformational change in our students and in our community. Located in Northwest Indiana, near Chicago, PNW values academic excellence, supports growth, and celebrates diversity. For more information about PNW, visitwww.pnw.edu.