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The Medium Is the Message: Critiquing and Writing About the Popular Arts in Today’s Society |
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Mr. Fonseca writes about film, theatre, television, and literature for one of the most successful magazines focusing on the popular arts in the United States today. According to Mr. Fonseca, “The entertainment media often steers consumers’ whims before they even have the chance to consider their options. How much responsibility should the media take for creating a patina of good or bad around the subjects it covers? And how does the media feel when consumers defy conventional wisdom?” Dr. Prijatel, who is also the E.T. Meredith Distinguished Professor of Journalism at Drake University, has written and spoken extensively about media criticism, pointing out the good, bad, and ugly of reviews and how readers react to them. “In many ways,” she says, “the media determine culture. We are an image culture and a celebrity culture. Culture is communicated through images in movies and magazines, and on television and the Internet. Particularly when the arts are covered, there are issues and implications involving today’s celebrity culture. Images have to be graphically pleasing to appeal to and keep the audience.” The point/counterpoint lecture is part one of a two-part look at “Understanding the Popular Arts.” Part two, “Producing the Popular Arts,” will take place in March. The Stieren Arts Enrichment Series hosts an array of leaders in the areas of art, music, drama, literature, communication, art history, and aesthetics to Trinity. The series is made possible through an endowment created by Jane and the late Arthur Stieren of San Antonio. For more information, call Trinity’s department of communication at (210) 999-8113.
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Last updated on October 27, 2003 by the Office of Public Relations |
Oct. 16, 2003 – Patricia Prijatel, director of the
E.T. Meredith Center for Magazine Studies at Drake University, and
Nicholas Fonseca, a writer for Entertainment Weekly, will provide
a lively exchange on Thursday, Nov. 6, on “Critiquing and Writing about
the Popular Arts.” The free public lecture will take place at 7:30 p.m.
in Chapman Center Auditorium on Trinity University’s campus. Their
joint presentation is part of the University’s Stieren Arts Enrichment
Series.