Rupe Conference Program

2:00 - 3:15 First Debate

Resolved: The Media Played a New Role in Dealing with Race in the Presidential Campaign

Dana Mastro of University of Arizona
Christopher McAuley of University of California Santa Barbara

Michael Stohl, Chair of the Department of Communication, introduces
Melvin Oliver, Professor in the Department of Sociology, and SAGE Sara Miller McCune Dean of Social Sciences, moderates

 

3:30 - 4:45 Second Debate
Resolved: Media Humor Was Good for the Presidential Campaign

Lance Bennett of University of Washington
Rod Hart of University of Texas

Linda Putnam, Professor in the Department of Communication, introduces
John Woolley, Chair of the Department of Political Science, moderates

 

8:00 - 9:30 Keynote Address:

Media Coverage and the Election - Did It Make Any Difference?

Jeff Greenfield, CBS senior political correspondent, will talk about how the election was covered in the mainstream media, the full-throated emergence of new media (whose impact was real but vastly overrated), and how "real" events drove the outcome. This election, like many (but not all) past ones, was shaped by political factors that were largely outside the media's sphere of influence

Ronald E. Rice, Arthur N. Rupe Professor in the Social Effects of Mass Communication, introduces

Henry Yang, Chancellor of UC Santa Barbara, provides welcoming comments

Anna Everett, Professor in the Department of Film & Media Studies, and former Director of the Center for Black Studies, moderates

The main debate/discussion participants from the afternoon sessions will ask follow-up questions

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