The Global Media Research Center is pleased to announce its Fall 2010 Speaker Series.  All events are free and open to the public.  Faculty are encouraged to use Center events as a resource for their students and classes.  The Center has a method of taking student attendance if faculty would like to use events as an extra credit opportunity.  For more information, contact Laura Germann at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 453-6876.

GMRC Speaker Series

Fall Semester 2010

Thursday, September 9^th

Dr. Dafna Lemish – Chairperson, Department of Radio-Television

“What’s TV Good For?”: The Views of Producers of Children’s Television Around the World

3:00 p.m.

Communications Building, Room 1032

Wednesday, September 22^nd

Ms. Vivian Schiller – President, National Public Radio

Open Discussion with NPR President, Vivian Schiller

2:30 p.m.

Location TBD

Tuesday, September 28^th

Mr. Joseph Oduro-Frimpong – PhD student, Department of Anthropology

Reflections on Doing Fieldwork in Ghana (working title – he will return in August from doing research on Ghanaian video-movies)

3:00 p.m.

Communications Building, Room 1032

Thursday, October 7^th

Dr. Walter Metz – Chairperson, Department of Cinema & Photography

"The Engineers of the Soul": Berlin, Friedrich Kittler, and The Lives of Others

3:00 p.m.

Communications Building, Room 1032

Wednesday, October 13^th

Dr. Kavita Karan – Associate Professor, School of Journalism

Political Communication in India:Interlinking Traditional, Internet, and Mobile technologies in Election Campaigns

3:00 p.m.

Communications 1032

Wednesday, October 20^th

Dr. Jyotsna Kapur – Associate Professor, Department of Cinema & Photography

Brand India’s Biggest Sale: The Cultural Politics and Political Economy of India’s “Global Generation”

3:00 p.m.

Communications Building, Room 1032

Wednesday, October 27^th

Dr. Uche Onyebadi – Assistant Professor, School of Journalilsm

Kenya's Post Presidential Election Violence (2007): Assessing the Role of the Nation & Standard Newspapers

3:00 p.m.

Communications 1032

Tuesday, November 16^th

Dr. Wenjing Xie – Assistant Professor, School of Journalism

The Many Faces of Chinese Media

3:00 p.m.

Communications Building, Room 1032