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Growing Up Female with the Mass Media - Susan Douglas
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Part of the National Affairs Series.

Growing up Female with the Mass Media - Susan Douglas
8:00 AM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Susan Douglas is the Catherine Neafie Kellogg Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Michigan, and author of Listening In: Radio and the American Imagination, Where The Girls Are: Growing Up Female with the Mass Media, and , Inventing American Broadcasting 1899-1922. From the Lectures Program archive. Part of the National Affairs Series.

The Television Whitewash - John C. White
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Part of the National Affairs Series.

Growing up with Television in Central Iowa: WOI-TV's Magic Window
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Clips from the children's show "The Magic Window" will be shown. Introduction:Tanya Zanish-Belcher is acting head of the Special Collections Department at the ISU Library which houses the American Archives of the Factual Film.

The Television Whitewash - John C. White
8:00 AM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - John C. White is director of Communications for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). He has a wide range of experience including reporting for The Chicago Tribune and The Philadelphia Daily News, working media liason in the U. S. House of Representatives, and managing public relations accounts for Fleishman-Hillard International Communications. Part of the National Affairs Series. From the Lectures Program archive.

A Technological Saturday Morning - Jetsons Film Festival
8:00 AM – Maintenance Shop, Memorial Union - Episodes from the 1960's cartoon show feature the Jetson Family, and their dog Astro, living in their skypad apartment on Earth in the 21st Century. ISU Material Science and Engineering Professor Larry Genalo, whose research area is mobile robotics will provide opening comments about how accurately the show's creators predicted technological advances. From the Lectures Program archive.

Television in America - Michael Moore
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Part of the National Affairs Series.

Video Presentation: Television In America - Michael Moore
8:00 AM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Michael Moore was host and executive producer of TV Nation where he redefined the newsmagazine. He is currently hosting and producing the television show The Awful Truth. His films include Roger and Me, and The Big One. His first book, Downsize This: Random Threats from an Unarmed American became a national best seller. He recently published Adventures in a TV Nation. Institute on National Affairs: Channeling Reality: Television in America. From the Lectures Program archive.

Washington Week in Review - Gloria Borger, Elizabeth Arnold, Gwen Ifill
2:00 PM – C.Y. Stephens - Part of the National Affairs Series.

Washington Week In Review-Live - Panel
1:30 AM – Stephen's Auditorium, Iowa State Center - The panelists will be David Broder, Washington Post; Gloria Borger, US News and World Report and CBS News; and Elizabeth Arnold, National Public Radio (NPR). Gwen Ifill, former political reporter for The New York Times and NBC News, will moderate. From the Lectures Program archive.