RE/COVERING ISLAM

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RE/COVERING ISLAM
who, when, where, why, and how the news mediates religion and politics

Friday, April 18, 2008, 8:30 am – 4:00 pm

ASC 207, 3502 Watt Way, Los Angeles

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Join us for a conference on Islam, media, and public diplomacy.
Speakers include:

As’ad AbuKhalil, CSU Stanislaus

Marda Dunsky, DePaul University

Brian Edwards, Northwestern University

Shahira Fahmy, Southern Illinois University

Karim Karim, Carleton University

Peter Kovach, UCLA Diplomat in Residence

Steve Magagnini, Sacramento Bee

Brigitte Nacos, Columbia University

Orayb Najjar, Northern Illinois University

Phillip Seib, University of Southern California

Shibley Telhami, Saban Center, Brookings Institution

Daniel Varisco, Hofstra University


Agenda :

8:30 am Welcome: Diane Winston, USC Knight Chair in Media and Religion

8:45 am Opening Remarks: Peter Kovach, UCLA Diplomat in Residence

9:30 am Panel 1: Islam and Muslims in Arab-language news media
Daniel Varisco, Hofstra University
“Spinning the Ummah: How the News Is Reported in Muslim Cyberspace”
Orayb Najjar, Northern Illinois Univerity
“Three Satellite Stations: Al Jazeera, Al Arabiya, Al Manar: Similarities and Differences”
Shahira Fahmy, Southern Illinois University
“How Pictures Can Change the World: Transnational Visual Coverage of War and Terrorism”
Moderator/Respondent: Laurie Brand, USC

11:00 am Break

11:15 am Panel 2: Circulation of Images
Brian Edwards, Northwestern University
“Logics of Cultural Diplomacy”
As’ad AbuKhalil, Cal State University-Stanislaus
“Arab Media and U.S. Foreign Policy”
Steve Magagnini, Sacramento Bee
“Building Bridges and Breaking Barriers with Muslim Communities”
Moderator/Respondent: Megan Reid, USC

12:45 pm Lunch and Keynote, Shibley Telhami, University of Maryland and Senior Fellow in the Saban Center for Middle East Policy

1:45 pm Panel 3: Islam and Muslims in the American News Media
Karim Karim, Carleton Univerity
“1000 Year Old Images of Muslims in Contemporary Media Coverage”
Brigitte Nacos, Columbia University
“Muslims, Islam and the American News Media”
Marda Dunsky, DePaul University
“Another Fateful Triangle: U.S. Policy, American Media Coverage and the Success of U.S. Public Diplomacy in the Arab and Muslim Worlds”
Moderator/Respondent: Sandy Tolan, USC

3:30 pm Closing Remarks: Phillip Seib, USC