The 2004 Election Did Not Take Place: Bush, Spectacle and the Media Non-event
Lecture by Kevin Glynn - American Studies, University of Canterbury, Christ Church, New Zealand
When: Friday, Feb. 8, 2008, 3 p.m.
Where: Ellison Hall 1714, UCSB Campus.
Cost: Free
Age limit: Not available
Categories: Lectures
Description: The talk explores aspects of the Bush White House's media-imagineering and draws upon notions of media spectacle, along with Baudrillard's widely misunderstood analysis of the 1991 Gulf War and often overlooked theory of media non-events, in order to examine the 2004 US presidential election in particular.
Sponsored by Film and Media Studies and the IHC.
Phone: 805-893-3907
Event posted Jan. 29, 2008
Last updated Jan. 29, 2008
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