10th Anniversary Debate Over Media Reform with Robert McChesney

As a follow up and response to his keynote address on the state of mass media and journalism Robert McChesney sat down this morning with Jared Ball for a discussion of that address.  This all was part of the Center for American and World Cultures Robert E. Strippel Memorial at Miami University (OH).  McChesney and Ball discussed differences of historical interpretation, societal…

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Tech and the New Double Consciousness

#Buffalo #Technology #Media (0:00) stream start(4:43) Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor Demonstrates the Shortcomings of Buffalo Analyses(1:05:18) Dr. Todd Steven Burroughs reviews recent (and flawed) Media and Political Scholarship particularly that of Marc Lamont Hill and Todd Brewster. American Racism and the Buffalo Shooting By Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylorhttps://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/american-racism-and-the-buffalo-massacre Book Review: The New ‘Double Consciousness?’ New Books Explore Technology’s Pluses…

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Assessing Roland Martin’s ‘Autopsy’ of The Black News Channel

#BlackNewsChannel #RolandMartin #BlackPress Watch the FULL SHOW:https://youtu.be/PtMcX4yqztI Jared A. Ball is a Professor of Communication and Africana Studies at Morgan State University in Baltimore, MD. and author of The Myth and Propaganda of Black Buying Power (Palgrave, 2020). Ball is also host of the podcast “iMiXWHATiLiKE!”, co-founder of Black Power Media which can be found…

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