Media: A Catalyst for Change
Posted by Dave | Filed under film, linkages, photography
Came across this video recently: http://www.nypl.org/audiovideo/player.cfm?vidid=11
This is an abridged excerpt from a longer talk entitled, “Media: A Catalyst for Change, Part IV of ‘Islam in Europe’”. The panelists talk briefly about the impact media has on public opinion, particularly in the ways it can humanize or demonize particular socio/economic/ethnic groups, specifically in this case Muslims. I appreciate that at the end of the video one of the panelists makes the observation that at the end of the day media reflects what people want to see and hear, rather than portraying the truth necessarily.