Media, Madness and the Changing Conditions of Communication

A Public Talk by John Durham Peters

November 25 2008
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
McCune Conference Room
HSSB 6220

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John Durham Peters, Wendell Miller Distinguished Professor of Media History and Social Theory at the University of Iowa, has published extensively on media and cultural history, and communication in its broad historical, legal philosophical, religious, and technological contexts. He is the author of Speaking into the Air: A History of the Idea of Communication (University of Chicago Press, 1999), and of Courting the Abyss: Free Speech and the Liberal Tradition (University of Chicago Press, 2005).

Presented by:
The Center for Information, Technology and Society; the Center for Literature, Culture and Media; the Carsey-Wolf Center for Film, Television and New Media; and the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center.

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