Media critic, American Studies professor, and author of "Where the Girls Are: Growing Up Female with the Mass Media," Susan Douglas reveals how television and advertising target images of women. Her newest book is "Enlightened Sexism," which chronicles the gap between images of women in the media and the everyday lives of women.
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Steve Brodner's award-winning career as a satirical illustrator and art journalist spans three decades. His iconic caricatures of pop and political culture have appeared in every major publication in the United States, not to mention his visual essays of political campaigns and the struggles of everyday working people and their families.
America's teenagers and young adults want the straight talk about sex. Amber Madison, author of "Hooking Up: A Girl's All-out Guide to Sex & Sexuality" gives them what they want in simple non-clinical language. Madison also addresses parents in her new book "Talking Sex with Your Kids," which explains how parents can have productive conversations about sex with their kids.
Once marginalized, pornography has now become a central part of our cultural landscape, with its idealized, mass produced images of women, men and sex seeping into our identities, body image, and relationships. In this powerful multi-media presentation, Dr. Gail Dines explores how gender is shaped by a consumer-driven culture, and the ways the public images we consume on a daily basis spill over into our most private worlds. Her new book "PORNLAND: How Porn Has Hijacked Our Sexuality" was released in spring 2010.
Camille Cooper's powerful multi-media presentation, "Discover the Truth," addresses issues of women in Hollywood and how the media portrays the "perfect American girl". She delivers a unique, humorous, and insightful look at a media industry obsessed with thinness and beauty. Ms. Cooper has worked professionally in film and television.
Rinku Sen is the President and Executive Director of the Applied Research Center (ARC) and Publisher of Colorlines magazine. She weaves together journalism with her extensive experience in community organizing to further social change. Sen has written extensively about immigration, community organizing and women's lives for a wide variety of publications. Her latest book, "The Accidental American: Immigration and Citizenship in the Age of Globalization" won the Nautilus Book Award Silver Medal.
Born in Beijing, educated in the West, Jianying Zha brings unique insight into the rapidly changing political and cultural landscape in China.
An unrelenting investigative journalist, best-selling author Dan Moldea focuses on the world of organized crime in America in the highly acclaimed "Hoffa Wars" and "Dark Victory." His controversial book "Interference" linked the NFL to the Mafia and embroiled Moldea in a landmark legal battle. He has also published the definitive books on the murder of Robert Kennedy, the O.J. Simpson case, and Vincent Foster's suicide.
From the first interview with convicted killer Scott Peterson, to breaking the Elizabeth Smart kidnapping, to investigations into hate groups and other terrorist organizations, Emmy-winning journalist Ed Miller of "America's Most Wanted" takes you side by side with law enforcement, and into the minds of some of the nations most notorious criminals.
June Cross follows news coverage and cultural thinking about race, sex, Hollywood, and politics. She is an Associate Professor at Columbia Journalism School, a writer, and an award-winning producer. Her first book, a memoir titled “Secret Daughter,” (based on an Emmy-winning documentary) was published by Viking in May 2006. She has worked for PBS’s Frontline and The Newshour, as well as for CBS News. Her most recent documentary, The Old Man and the Storm, followed three generations of a New Orleans family as they struggled to return to normal lives. It aired on PBS’ FRONTLINE in January 2009.
How should America deal with the millions of undocumented immigrants living and working among us? Dan Stein, President of the Federation for American Immigration Reform, makes the case that restricting immigration is a matter of national security and economic stability. Human rights activist Enrique Morones, founder of the humanitarian organization Border Angels, reminds us that behind the discussions of policies and national borders are the lives of real people.
If personal privacy is something we truly value, how do we find a balance with the role of emerging technologies? Attorney and technology expert Frederick Lane takes a hard look at the rapid evolving laws governing computers, privacy and free speech, at home, in school and in the workplace. Look for his recent books "The Decency Wars: The Campaign to Cleanse American Culture" and "The Court and the Cross: The Religious Right's Crusade to Reshape the Supreme Court."
Anna Rosmus triggered a firestorm of controversy in her German hometown by writing about the deeply buried role it played under the Nazi regime. Committed to combating the neo-Nazi movement and the extreme right, Rosmus is the author of several books dealing with both the historical and contemporary impact of the Nazis on Germany and the rest of the world.Her newest release, "Valhalla Finale," is a photo book about the end of WWII.
An award winning journalist and former Washington Post reporter, Patrice Gaines works to empower girls and young women at risk, drawing from the heart of her experiences on the streets and in prison. She is the co-founder of Brown Angel Center, seeking to provide formerly incarcerated women and their families with the tools to renew their lives. Gaines is author of "Laughing in the Dark" and "Moments of Grace: Meeting the Challenge to Change."
The Arab Spring, the world financial crisis, the rapid spread of the Occupy Wall Street movement, the success of the Tea Party, Islamic terrorism – all are byproducts of the broad social upheaval spawned by the era of globalization, one of the most revolutionary and important periods our world has ever known. Was Steve Jobs a globalization saint, or globalization's Trojan Horse? Ira Rifkin is the author of Spiritual Perspectives on Globalization: Making Sense of Economic and Cultural Upheaval.
Lubrano speaks from both personal experience and his work as a journalist about the role of class, culture and education across generations. The author of the books "Limbo: Blue-Collar Roots, White-Collar Dreams" and "Sons on Fathers," and a feature writer for the Philadelphia Inquirer, he has won more than a dozen journalism awards.
"Cults in America," from Hollywood celebrities to Texas polygamists, Rick Ross has seen it all and is the most sought after expert in the field of cult research, deprogramming and analysis. He is the founder and executive of the Ross Institute Internet Archives, which is the largest online library with information about cults, controversial groups and movements accessible through the Internet.
One of the nation's leading experts on terrorism, Jeffery Simon discusses the risks and complexities of terrorism and the most effective tactics and strategies to combat terrorists in the post-9/11 world. Formerly with the Rand Corporation, he is President of Political Risk Assessment Company and author of the acclaimed book The Terrorist Trap.
With a sharp eye focused on the mysterious death of President Kennedy, Dr. Jack Gordon is one of our country's leading experts on the world of political assassinations. In this highly detailed multi-media presentation, Dr. Gordon addresses the larger issues of assassination in America and examines why all the investigations into JFK's death have been inconclusive. In addition, Dr. Gordon probes into the murders of Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr.
As the oldest media research group in the US, Project Censored educates the public about the role of a free press society and to tell The News that Didn’t Make the News and Why. Aiming to spread the value of media literacy and what we can do to ensure accurate news and information, director Mickey Huff, discusses Media Accountability and the problems of Modern Censorship, in stories including 9/11 and the War on Terror, Public Policy and Money, Power and Politics.
