Wednesday December 2: Democracy’s Fourth Estate:

[Human Rights Research Network]

International Human Rights Film and Speaker Series

Wednesday December 2: Democracy’s Fourth Estate: Globalization,
Immigration and the Media 6:30 pm, Sullivan Science Building Room 101

Discussants: Jordan Green (Yes! Weekly); Tina Firesheets (News &
Record); Adolfo Briceno (Que Pasa); and Stephen J Sills (Department of
Sociology)


On Sunday, September 9, 2007, just two days before the anniversary of
9/ 11, The Greensboro News and Recordoffered a large photograph of a
Muslim wearing a burqa. The image was enhanced with fire behind her
and blood pooling below. Above this striking photograph were the
words, “A New Face of Terror.” The media through its choice of images,
news stories, sensational writing style, and editorial stance has
great power to socialize, to distract, to politicize, to inform, and
even to misinform. The media provides the venue for the debate on
global migration, but also plays a part in shaping this discourse.
This final discussion in our series will bring together local
journalists and scholars to discuss the depiction of neo-liberal
globalization and international migration in the local press.