Lecture Series
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| Media and Communication at Muhlenberg College |
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The Department of Media and Communication is actively involved in hosting and co-sponsoring visits to campus by some of the leading scholars in media, communication, and new technologies. Past speakers include: Joshua Gamson: Freaks Talk Back: Television and Sexual Nonconformity Fall 2005 Mark Andrejevic: Reality TV: Surveillance, Voyeurism, and the Appeal of the Real. Spring 2005 Peter Simonson: Robert K. Merton's 'Self-Fulfilling Prophecy': An Episode in (Jewish) American Intellectual History Spring 2005 Langdon Winner: Will New Technology Revitalize American Democracy? Spring 2005 Nancy Signorielli: Mass Media and Health--Are the Messages Good for Us? Fall 2004 Christopher Simpson: GIS Mapping, Surveillance, and Power Spring 2004 Dan Schiller: Informationalized Capitalism: History and Prospect Spring 2002 DeeDee Halleck: |