{"584245":{"#nid":"584245","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Media of Politics \/ Politics of Media","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Ivan Allen College School of Literature, Media, and Communication brought to bear\u0026nbsp;humanistic perspectives in a technological world\u0026nbsp;during a\u0026nbsp;public forum at Georgia Tech on November 15, 2016, where faculty discussed the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003Emedia of politics\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;and the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003Epolitics of media\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003Ein the wake of the U.S. presidential election.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EParticipants at the event brought to bear their various areas of specialty on the role of the media during the electoral campaign and especially the U.S. presidential election. There was a call for scholars in media, science, and technology studies to be more humble with\u0026nbsp;claims for objectivity and to avoid fetishizing facticity and data (Anne Pollock). We should also avoid falling into the trap of technological determinism (Carl DiSalvo) and champion reason to help refine the still rather immature new media and technologies to live up to the highest professional and ethical standards (Janet Murray). Humanizing such media and technologies by \u0026quot;questioning the signal\u0026quot; (Greg Zinman); focusing on the role of the artist and musician in national politics (Joycelyn Wilson); and avoiding becoming prisoners of deceptively comfortable institutional bubbles (Juan Carlos Rodr\u0026iacute;guez) were some of the suggestions discussed by the panelists and the audience. The organizers hope to continue the conversations during similar meetings in the future.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe panel was co-organized by Yanni Loukissas\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;Laine Nooney, who are both assistant professors of Digital Media (LMC).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nPanelists for \u003Cstrong\u003EMedia of Politics \/ Politics of Media\u003C\/strong\u003E were:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ECarl DiSalvo, Associate Professor of Digital Media (LMC), co-director of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts Digital Integrative Liberal Arts Center (DILAC) and S-L-S\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EJanet Murray, professor of Digital Media (LMC) and associate dean for Research \u0026amp; Faculty Affairs\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EAnne Pollock, associate professor of Science, Technology, \u0026amp; Society (LMC)\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EJuan Carlos Rodr\u0026iacute;guez, associate professor of Spanish (ML)\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EJoycelyn Wilson, visiting assistant professor of Education at Virginia Tech and DILAC Fellow\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EGregory Zinman, assistant professor of Cinema Studies (LMC)\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Ivan Allen College School of Literature, Media, and Communication brought to bear\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003Ehumanistic perspectives in a technological world\u003C\/strong\u003E in a post-election discussion of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003Emedia of politics\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;and the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003Epolitics of media \u003C\/em\u003Eheld November 15, 2016.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The media of politics and the politics of media were discussed in a post-election open session panel held by the School of Literature, Media, and Communication on November 15."}],"uid":"27167","created_gmt":"2016-11-23 21:58:18","changed_gmt":"2016-11-29 21:29:13","author":"Rebecca Keane","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-11-23T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2016-11-23T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"584401":{"id":"584401","type":"image","title":"LMC Media of Politics and Politics of Media Panel","body":null,"created":"1480454500","gmt_created":"2016-11-29 21:21:40","changed":"1480454500","gmt_changed":"2016-11-29 21:21:40","alt":"","file":{"fid":"222815","name":"LMC Media of Politics Nov2016.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/LMC%20Media%20of%20Politics%20Nov2016.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/LMC%20Media%20of%20Politics%20Nov2016.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":268860,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/LMC%20Media%20of%20Politics%20Nov2016.jpg?itok=WDHSTpg-"}}},"media_ids":["584401"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1283","name":"School of Literature, Media, and Communication"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"3177","name":"politics"},{"id":"1976","name":"Media"},{"id":"39781","name":"LMC"},{"id":"4065","name":"election"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39511","name":"Public Service, Leadership, and Policy"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Keane\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nDirector of Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nrebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n404.894.1720\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}