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    Panel to Dissect U.S. Media's Influence


     
     
    The media panel, moderated by Kathleen Hall Jameison, left, includes Jeff Greenfield, Richard Rodriguez, and William Safire.
    A distinguished communication scholar and three award-winning journalists from the print, broadcast, and electronic media, who hold divergent views regarding the effects of mass communications on Americans, will launch the inaugural event in the Arthur N. Rupe Distinguished Dialogue Series. "The Impact of the Media on American Life" discussion will take place on Sunday, June 3, at 3 p.m. in Campbell Hall.
    Tickets are $3 for any seat, and can be purchased from the Arts & Lectures ticket office, x3535.
    The panel features moderator Kathleen Hall Jameison, an expert on political campaigns, author, and dean of The Annenberg School of Communications at the University of Pennsylvania. She will be joined by panelists Jeff Greenfield, Richard Rodriguez, and William Safire.
    A senior analyst for Cable News Network, Emmy Award-winner Greenfield reports extensively on political affairs and was host of CNN's town hall meetings. Rodriguez is an author, editor at Pacific News Service, and a Peabody Award-winning broadcast essayist for The Newshour with Jim Lehrer. Pulitzer Prize-winning commentator and author Safire has been writing a political column for The New York Times since 1973. He also writes a Sunday column, On Language, which has appeared in The New York Times Magazine since 1979.
    During the 1996 general election Jameison served as a commentator on the debates for CBS News, on advertising in The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, on the discourse of the campaign for National Public Radio's Weekend Edition and CNN's Inside Politics. More recently, Greenfield was very visible on CNN's nightly special election program as the presidential election and Florida recount stories unfolded.
    The moderator will establish a framework for the topic, pose questions to the panelists, and facilitate a discussion among them. Members of the audience will then be invited to ask questions of the panelists as well as to comment on their views. Copies of books by the panelists and moderator will be available for purchase and signing after the program.